Name: Goldfinger
Rating: 3.64 (25 reviews)
ISBN: 9788085213089

Ian Fleming

Ivan Němeček

Karel Veiss

(James Bond - agent 007)

Goldfinger

Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his cash in gold bars and his women dressed only in gold paint. After smuggling tons of gold out of Britain into secret vaults in Switzerland, this powerful villain is planning the biggest and most daring heist in history-robbing all the gold in Fort Knox. That is, unless Secret Agent 007 can foil his plan. In one of Ian Fleming's most popular adventures, James Bond tracks this most dangerous foe across two continents and takes on two of the most memorable villains ever created-a human weapon named Oddjob and a luscious female crime boss named Pussy Galore. REVIEW; A superlative thriller from our foremost literary magician. (The New York Herald Tribune) Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his cash in gold bars and his women dressed only in gold paint. After smuggling tons of gold out of Britain into secret vaults in Switzerland, this powerful villain is planning the biggest and most daring heist in history-robbing all the gold in Fort Knox. That is, unless Secret Agent 007 can foil his plan. In one of Ian Fleming's most popular adventures, James Bond tracks this most dangerous foe across two continents and takes on two of the most memorable villains ever created-a human weapon named Oddjob and a luscious female crime boss named Pussy Galore. REVIEW; A superlative thriller from our foremost literary magician. (The New York Herald Tribune)

007, a James Bond Novel

Ben Nathan

A lot of fun, if you overlook the rampant racism and sexism in it. I mean, it's bad in that regard, but still a fun read. Also, very different from the movie as it's a much slower more methodical story about a spy that does his work in a very proper manner making sure that he's always covered. I'll read more Bond over time, but need to space them out.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY KATE MOSSE 'You're stale, tired of having to be tough. You want a change. You've seen too much death' In Fleming's seventh 007 novel, a private assignment sets Bond on the trail of an enigmatic criminal mastermind - Auric Goldfinger. But greed and power have created a deadly opponent who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

Gordon McLean

Ignoring the usual racist/sexist tones (they are very much 'of their time') the book clips along at a good rate, pausing now and then to describe Bond's world in great detail. Hard to read without the movie in mind but it takes a slightly different course and is all the better for it.

Layton ONeil

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Andrea Mack

Sarah Sammis

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Melissa Railey

Jayme Cochrane

Michael Cowell

Nuno Figueiredo

Who is Auric Goldfinger? The Bank of England wants to know and they're eager to discover what he's done with the gold he's been stockpiling since the War. James Bond is put on the trail, but this isn't the first time 007 has crossed paths with the enigmatic millionaire. Inexorably drawn into the most ambitious heist of the century, Bond soon learns that Goldfinger never forgets and never forgives. Greed and power have created a deadly opponent who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, and against Goldfinger's murderous mania for gold, Bond may prove the only defence. 'Nobody else does this sort of thing as well as Mr. Fleming... It offers more passages of sustained excitement than we are likely to get from any other thriller this year' Sunday Times

Goldfinger (James Bond - agent 007)

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