Live and Let Die: A James Bond Novel - Softcover

Fleming, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142003239 ISBN 13: 9780142003237

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2003

Synopsis

"Her hair was black and fell to her shoulders. She had high cheekbones and a sensual mouth, and wore a dress of white silk. Her eyes were blue, alight and disdainful, but, as they gazed into his with a touch of humour, Bond realized that they contained a message.

Solitaire watched his eyes on her and nonchalantly drew her forearms together so that the valley between her breasts deepened. The message was unmistakable."

Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr Big—master of fear, artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition—he knows that this criminal heavy hitter is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that, after tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem, to the everglades and on to the Caribbean, 007 has realized that Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced. And no-one, not even the mysterious Solitaire, can be sure how their battle of wills is going to end...

About this title

Review:

"Speed...tremendous zest...communicated excitement. Brrh! How wincingly well Mr Fleming writes" (Julian Symons The Sunday Times)

"Containing passages which for sheer excitement have not been surpassed by any modern writer of this kind" (Times Literary Supplement)

"A shark’s hold on a helpless read" (Scotsman)

"Don’t blame me if you get a stroke" (Observer)

"Pulse-quickening" (Telegraph)

From the Publisher:

With a new introduction by Louise Welsh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0142003239
• ISBN 13: 9780142003237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288