The Man with the Golden Gun

By Ian Fleming

British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to Cuba to kill “Pistols” Scaramanga, a notorious assassin, only to find that Scaramanga is at the heart of a KGB plot to destabilize the region. 
James Bond is one of the most iconic characters in 20th-century literature. In addition to the 12 novels and 9 short stories written by Ian Fleming, there have been over 40 novels and short stories written about the spy by other authors, and 26 films produced, starring actors such as Sean Connery and Daniel Craig as 007.
 
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jan 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781551997902

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 for The Man with the Golden Gun

[longhorndaniel · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

My 1st James Bond /007 book!!! Yeah me.... was pleased with the story and the characters;predictable of course but fun none the less

[richardderus · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Rating: 3* of five**THIS REVIEW IS OF THE FILM**I felt generous. The 1974 film, which is what I'm rating, is more or less a 2-star experience. Oh me oh my...an AMC Hornet, an AMC Matador, Simon Templar....I mean Roger Moore!...wearing loser suits...I mean leisure suits!...and the most horrendously offensive Southern stereotype sheriff in the history of moviemaking adds up to some seriously noxious stuff. Then there's the damnfool idiot chop-socky pandering, and the concomitant "Oriental" stereotypes...ugh.Maud Adams is GORGEOUS. She's just luminous in or out of her clothes. Tattoo from Fantasy Island is the houseboy to the baddie, resulting in a regrettable lack of hunky blond henchrats for me to ogle. Britt Ekland, Peter Sellers' ex, plays the stupidest secret agent imaginable, who manages to get herself locked in the trunk of the baddies' FLYING AMC MATADOR *oh dear goddesses please keep my dinner down* with the macguffin in her handbag which she hasn't had the common sense to drop...well, it's ridiculous even for a Bond movie.The ending is...it's...epic. Titanic. So awful, so ridiculous, so completely...I...words do not exist yet for the sensation of revolted, horrified, amused, aesthetically affronted...well. The title tune is sung by Lulu. I do not know why they chose this singer or this tune. It's just awful. Hideous. I didn't lke 1974 the first time around, and I don't like it any better this time. Oh wait...Bond's Bangkok hotel room was way cool, turquoise shantung walls and marvelous decorative accessories and wonderful closets...you see where my mind was. The "story" (which doesn't resemble the novel too terrible much, the novel in this case was far better) sure as hell wasn't doin' it.

[alanteder · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Even though this was supposedly only the first draft of the novel which Fleming was unable to finish due to this death, it still comes off as a completely satisfying conclusion to the original James Bond series. Having Kenneth Branagh as the narrator in this Celebrity Performances Series also kicks it up a notch.

[comfypants · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The jist of this book is basically that James Bond is a dick, and a terrible spy. Even if the action scenes were better, it would still have zero suspense, since Bond isn't any better than the villains.

[jbreedlove_6 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Bond is back in Jamaica on his toughest assignment yet. He is reunited with Miss Goodnight and his American friend and spy Felix Leiter. Technically not the last but his settling in w Goodnight portends the swan song. As usual an easy and entertaining read.

[polarbear123_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Written in the year of his death this novel was never going to be the highlight of the series. The narrative does on occasion get bogged down with superfluous details about Fleming's beloved Jamaica. There are of course many good parts of the story to enjoy particularly the dialogue scenes between Bond and Scaramanga and likewise between Leiter and Bond. Not one of the bes tbut it is not going to take you long to get through so its worth a punt!

[cinesnail88 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This one was definitely a bit of a disappointment after coming off of the fantastic You Only Live Twice, but I expected as much so I wasn't surprised by it at all. That said, two of favorite characters were back - Felix Leiter and Mary Goodnight. Part of my lack of enjoyment of this one probably had to do with it being set in Jamaica, as I never seem to like those as much as the other ones. That said, I only have one more until I am finished with Fleming's James Bond series. Woe, woe is me.

[andyray_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Fleming's work is probably best known from Sean Connery's, Roger Moore's, et al, work in the films. Be that as it may, there is a stilting (stifling?) quality about Fleming's prose that doesn't make it edible to this Yankee. C'est beaucoup de la hauteur et grandiose par le Britain pour moi.

[jakeofalltrades · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A golden Gun, a Jamaican caper, a spy who has been brainwashed, but after recovering, he gets sent on a final, suicidal mission. This was the first James Bond book I read, and I had a good introduction to 007's world.

[dinadansfriend · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A book of no great interest to me. But I did finish it, after picking it up. the last ian fleming I read, apparently, moving on to deighton,and Le Carre.

[aadyer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A morbid ending to the main series of bonds novels. At this point in his life Fleming was ill with cardiovascular disease and had been having several bouts of angina and was living with the consequences of ischaemic heart disease. His writing reflects that, and there is an atmosphere of both morbidity, and of tarnished regret that comes across in this novel.The original premise of Bonds versus the worlds, greatest assassin or the 1960s parlance, gunmen is an interesting one. of tarnished, regret that comes across in this novel.The original promoters of Bonds versus the worlds, greatest assassin or the 1960s parlance, gunmen is a interesting one. However, Skara manga is no shadows bond, and is people looking for a nemesis story will be sadly disappointed. It becomes particularly exciting certainly towards the end. It is with regret that I close the last of the bonds novels written by the original author.

[ghost_boy-691444 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Besides the title villain in this book, this didn't interest me as much. Got kind of boring with business and real estate talk.

[bnielsen_30 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

James Bond vender efter et år tilbage fra de døde (Du lever kun to gange) som hjernevasket af russerne og forsøger at dræbe M. Han bliver deprogrammeret og sendt efter Scaramanga, en professionel pistolmand. Felix Leiter er med på Bonds side i et plot omkring et hotel i Jamaica og handel med sukker. Det endelige opgør sker i en sump i Jamaica. Bond takker nej til en adelstitel og hengiver sig i stedet til sin sekretær, Miss Goodnight.En middelmådig historie, middelmådigt fortalt