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Thunderball - Ian Fleming

Description: ISBN 0141028289 / Author: Ian Fleming / Genre: Crime / Thriller / When a stranger arrives in the Bahamas, the locals barely turn their ... more

Thunderball - Ian Fleming ... heads, seeing another ex-pat with money to burn at the casino tables. But James Bond has more than money on his mind; he's got less than a week to find two stolen atom bombs hidden among the coral reefs. While acting the playboy, Bond meets Domino, sultry plaything of secretive treasure hunter Emilio Largo. In getting close to this Italian vixen, Bond hopes to learn more about Largo's hidden operation.

Newest Review: ... Bond's stay at Shrublands is good fun ('Bond walked thoughtfully down the trim narrow drive and smelled the musty smell of ... more

... the laurels and laburnums. Could he stand it? Was there any way out of this hell-hole short of resigning from the service?') and includes a couple of somewhat sadistic encounters with Count Lippe - a shady character who Bond becomes intrigued by when he notices a strange tattoo which is linked to a criminal society in Hong Kong. Thunderball has trademark moments of Ian Fleming sadism scattered through the book with electrocutions, burns, barracudas, and assorted deaths. Thunderball certainly has a grand scale plot and...more

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Thunderball - Ian Fleming: The Shadower (1329 words)
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'Blofeld - leader of the terror organization SPECTRE - is holding the world to ransom. He has stolen two powerful atomic weapons and will destroy a major city if his demands for £100,000,000 are not met. Given one week to find the missing bombs, Bond goes to the Bahamas, where he encounters sultry Domino - mistress of Blofeld's right hand man, Emilio Largo. By getting closer to her, 007 hopes to find out more about Largo's hidden operation among the coral reefs, but soon finds himself getting deep into shark infested waters...' Thunderball is the ninth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and was originally released in 1961. The plot revolves around 'the ... Read the complete review

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