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Licence Renewed - John Gardner

Description: ISBN 0224019414 / Genre: Fiction / Author: John Gardner / Hardcover / 272 Pages / Book is published 1981-05-21 by Jonathan Cape Ltd

Newest Review: ... fighting against. Bond has completely changed from the Fleming Bond; he has virtually given up smoking and tries to avoid ... more

... the alcohol when necessary. Gone are the days of the Bentley and in comes a top of the range Saab 900 Turbo, dubbed The Silver Beast by Bond the car has a number of extras that Saab wouldn't be able to provide! In fact Gardner does add a passage to say that Q branch would give their hind teeth to inspect the vehicle. The character of Bond is a somewhat of a lighter version that is more tuned to the times rather than attempting to continue in Fleming's manner. Curiously Bond is also in an on/ off relationship with th...more

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Licence Renewed - John Gardner: Licence Refreshed! (1622 words)
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It wasn't until 1981 that Bond really took a step forward. Well known writer, John Gardner had a big job on his hands. He had just been commissioned to bring back one of the greatest literary characters created to life. Even though Kingsley Amis wrote the novel Colonel Sun released in 1968 in an attempt to revitalise the novels, this was only a one off book. Gardner liberally bought Bond into the eighties. Bond, who according to previous novels was actually born in 1921, would have in reality been retired with a pension by now, however what Gardner has done is take the character round about roughly the same age as Fleming's Bond and simply bring him into the ... Read the complete review