You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming
You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming
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You Only Live Twice

Author: Ian Fleming

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

When Blofeld blasts into eternity the girl whom James Bond has married only hours before, the heart, the zest for life goes out of Bond and hes on the verge of becoming a security risk. M gives him one last chance, an impossible mission far removed from his usual duties, and Bond leaves for Japan.

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 Mohsin on October 06, 2018

I WAS reading a lot of espionage and western novels in the early 70s. In fact, I had started reading espionage in 1969 with “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” novels and Ian Fleming’s “Goldfinger” which was followed by “Thunderball” and finally “You Only Live Twice”, both of which I read in 1970. Ian Lancaste......more

Goodreads review by J.L. on April 06, 2020

Instead of being fired, a depressed and out of sorts James Bond receives a next to impossible mission on a remote Japanese island. There's a lot that's unbelievable here. I'll just start with Bond successfully impersonating a Japanese man (ridiculous!) and a secret missile base hollowed out of a dor......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on November 04, 2020

You only live twice: Once when you are born, And once when you look death in the face. This is the haiku James Bond composes in this book, but in reality it is by Bassho, a Japanese poet. This is a very weird book. Actually, it's my personal opinion that (view spoiler)[the death of Gwen Stacy Tracy Bond (hide spoiler)] marks the poin......more

Goodreads review by Bill on October 10, 2021

After the death of his wife, at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, James Bond understandably has little interest in his work or life. M, head of the Secret Service, sends 007 on a seemingly impossible mission that will make or break him. Ian Fleming's penultimate Bond novel is populated with some of......more

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