The Man With The Golden Gun, Ian Fleming
The Man With The Golden Gun, Ian Fleming
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The Man With The Golden Gun

Author: Ian Fleming

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

Bond, believed dead for a year following the events of You Only Live Twice, returns to England. Brainwashed by the KGB, he believes his mission is to assassinate M. After his mind is scrubbed, he is given a chance to redeem himself. His mission is to go to the Caribbean and track down Francisco Scaramanga, the one they call the Man with the Golden Gun. He has built a deadly laser for the express purpose of killing. With his singleaction, goldplated Colt .45 and his deadeye accuracy, Scaramanga is deemed too deadly to live.

About Ian Fleming

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on March 16, 2017

Just an okay Bond book. Shorter - so a quick read. This book is late in the Ian Fleming Bond timeline, so this Bond shows a bit of age, some wear and tear, and is not quite as invincible as you would expect. Also, if you are familiar with this title because of the movie - this book is very different f......more

Goodreads review by Bill on November 05, 2021

I must admit that I have a real soft spot for Ian Fleming's final James Bond novel, which is why I treated myself to this Folio Society edition with wonderful illustrations by Fay Dalton. This was the first James Bond film that I saw at the cinema, aged 10, back in 1974. It was also the first Bond n......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on May 09, 2019

Ian Fleming’s James Bond series has been up to now written with a Clint Eastwood terseness of expression interspersed often with existential emo angst. Although the thirteenth novel, 'The Man with the Golden Gun', published under Fleming’s name is posthumous, it is based on a draft manuscript found......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on November 04, 2020

James Bond knew that he was not only disobeying orders, or at best dodging them, but also being a bloody fool. I feel like the spark has gone out of this series. Ever since (view spoiler)[Tracy was murdered at the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (hide spoiler)] , things haven't been the same in Bond-world. We have a more mut......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on November 22, 2024

Going to use this same review for all the James Bond books I read several years ago. Why did I keep reading them if I hated them so much? Because I kept hoping for ONE good book with ONE woman valued for more than just her body. And anyone out there can tell me it was a reflection of the times, but......more

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