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The first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964, this classic thriller follows James Bond on a mission to a small Aegean island to track down M's kidnappers--the malign... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0330023047
ISBN13:9780330023047
Release Date:January 1970
Publisher:Pan Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.29 lbs.
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
One of the world's most criminally overlooked novels
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
"Colonel Sun" is far and away the best Bond novel written by a Fleming successor (a distant second would be Christopher Wood's surprisingly tense novelization of his "Spy Who Loved Me" script).Kingsley Amis, who proved his knowledge of Fleming's writing in "The James Bond Dossier," creates a novel that's actually better than a few Flemings titles. The plot is engrossing, the villain is superb and after you read the torture sequence you'll never look at a screwdriver the same way again. Pure Bond greatness that deserves a wider readership. I hope Penguin adds it to its marvelous trade paperbacks, but I doubt it will happen.
The best
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
It's even better than all of Ian Fleming's 007 novels.
THIS IS THE BEST NON-FLEMING BOND STORY
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I have just finished this book and I experienced the same thing as when I read Fleming himself. Amis has been able to do what none of the other Bond writers (Gardner, Benson) can even come close to doing. Very Fleming-esque and very true to the original formula of a Bond story. I really enjoyed it and highly agree with the other reviewers. Kingsley Amis was the true successor to Fleming. If only he'd written more like this...
FLEMING REBORN, A TRUE HIDDEN TREASURE
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
ONE HELL OF A READ, LIKE MANY OTHERS I DISCOVERED THIS BOOK AFTER STARTING GARDNERS CYCLE AND IT WAS AS IF AN OLD FRIEND HAD REAPPEARED. SUPERIOR PLOT STYLE, CHARACTERS. FIND IT AT ALL COSTS!
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