- British, Fiction, James Bond (Fictitious character), Large type books
In his Alpine base, Blofeld is developing biological weapons that will devastate Britain. Unaware of the danger, James Bond is about to marry Teresa di Vicenzo, the daughter of a Corsican Mafioso. But then he is sent to Switzerland. Bond's marriage and Blofeld's schemes disintegrate in a blizzard of gunfire and high-explosives from which neither man emerges the victor.
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Classical in form, grave, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Ian Fleming
- First published
- 1963
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Macmillan, Pan Books Ltd, Blackstone Audiobooks
- Editions
- 88
- Language
- German, Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9781906772260
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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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