Dr. No: A James Bond Novel

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HarperCollins, May 23, 2023 - Fiction - 304 pages

JAMES BOND IS PUT TO THE TEST AGAINST AN EGOTISTICAL SCIENTIST WITH NEFARIOUS AIMS

Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over.

On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider.

Together they will combat a local legend the natives call “the Dragon,” before Bond alone must face the most punishing test of all: an obstacle course―designed by the sadistic Dr. No himself―that measures the limits of the human body’s capacity for agony.

 

 

Contents

Hear You Loud and Clear
Choice of Weapons
Holiday Task
Reception Committee
Facts and Figures
The Finger on the Trigger
Night Passage
The Elegant Venus
Close Shaves
Dragon Spoor
Amidst the Alien Cane
The Thing
MinkLined Prison
Come Into My Parlour
Pandoras
Horizons of Agony

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About the author (2023)

Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London in 1908. His first job was at Reuters news agency, after which he worked briefly as a stockbroker before working in Naval Intelligence during World War Two. His first novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953 and was an instant success. Fleming went on to write thirteen other Bond books as well as two works of nonfiction and the children’s classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Bond books have earned praise from figures such as Raymond Chandler, who called Fleming “the most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England” and President Kennedy, who named From Russia with Love as one of his favorite books. The books inspired a hugely successful series of film adaptations that began in 1962 with the release of Dr. No. He was married to Ann O'Neill, with whom he had a son, Caspar. He died in 1964.

Bibliographic information

TitleDr. No: A James Bond Novel
Volume 6 of James Bond
AuthorIan Fleming
PublisherHarperCollins, 2023
ISBN0063298732, 9780063298736
Length304 pages
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Fiction / Action & Adventure
Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage
Fiction / World Literature / England / 20th Century
  
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