The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming review

Another in the James Bond series, this is the novel that Ian Fleming was revising when he died.  It was published after his death.

This book is lacking a lot of the humor that makes the other James Bond books such interesting reading.  In this story, James Bond returns to London after having been given up for dead after his adventures in Japan in You Only Live Twice, where he had finally killed Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

After being brainwashed in Russia, he had attempted to kill M.  After failing at this, M decided to give him a chance to redeem himself, and sent him off to Jamaica to kill Francisco Scaramanga, known as The Man With the Golden Gun, who is an assassin for Cuba.

When James locates Scaramanga, James finds Scaramanga is involved with American gangsters, and with a KGG agent.  James also discovers his friend, Felix Leiter (from the American CIA) is there and is able to help him complete his mission.

The story is well written, with the exception of the personality and humor that is usually found in the James Bond books.



This book fulfills a requirement of Mt. TBR Reading Challenge