- English literature, Spy stories, Anthology, Thriller
**Octopussy**: the darling, was a bit surly. The tentacle she lashed around Major Smythe's arm that morning was none to gentle. So when Smythe found himself the sudden quarry of James Bond at cocktail time, the Major had a brilliant, if rather gruesome, inspiration...
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Classical in form, plot-driven, cool and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Ian Fleming
- First published
- 1968
- Pages
- 96
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA, Blackstone Audiobooks, LA CASE Books
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780194628433
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“'You know what?' said Major Dexter Smythe to the octopus.”
A British author and journalist. **Ian Fleming**, creator of the world's best-known secret agent, was consultant on foreign affairs to the *London Sunday Times*. In all, he wrote thirteen *James Bond* novels. The twelfth, *You Only Live Twice*, is published in hardcover by New American Library; the thirteenth, *The Man with the Golden Gun*, was published in the spring of 1965. Mr. Fleming died August 12, 1964, at the age of fifty-six.
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