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Tiffany Case is the sort of beautiful, devil-may-care blonde who could get a man into deep trouble - if he wanted. She stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa via London to the States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Bond is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter...… (més)
007 is sent to the USA to disrupt a diamond smuggling operation originating in Sierra Leone but ultimately funding Soviet Russia, in particular SMERSH (a spy killing arm of the USSR). He’s definitely working in unsanctioned territory but he meets up with his old friend Felix Leiter (ex-CIA now Pinkerton agent) and they take off for the race track at Saratoga and the casinos of Las Vegas. Fleming evokes the jet set life and the atmosphere of mid-century America with a painterly deftness. Damian Lewis narrates the alliterative and sometimes onomatopoeic prose with ease and even poetic fluidity. ( )
Tiffany Case, una rubia fría, hermosa y despreocupada, se interpone entre James Bond y los líderes de una red de contrabando de diamantes que se extiende desde África hasta Londres y los Estados Unidos. Bond la usa para infiltrarse en esta pandilla, pero una vez en Estados Unidos, el cazador se convierte en cazado. El agente 007 está en peligro real hasta que llega ayuda de un lugar inesperado, la propia doncella de hielo.
After reading Moonraker I was hoping this one didn't drag like the last books. This one was better then I thought. Not as good as Live and Let Die, but this one was interesting to me. The biggest reason I liked this was because I've actually been to Saratoga before. Never realized Bond had been up to Eastern United States before. The other thing I liked was the horse racing and auction scenes. Not a fan of either activity, jut nice to see something other then card playing.
In this book I liked the Bond Girl better then Moonraker. Tiffany Case to me had an easier name to remember and also a more clever one. She also had a better backup story as well. The Bond Villain in this one was a little confusing. He had several allies which made it good for a spy novel, but just ended up getting confused.
If you are a fan of the movies I highly recommend these novels. But try to read them in order and not in the movie order. Also be aware the movies aren't really like the novels. The are some similarities, but several differences. ( )
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To J.F.C.B. and E.L.C. and to the memory of W.W., Jr. at Saratoga, 1954 and '55
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Tiffany Case is the sort of beautiful, devil-may-care blonde who could get a man into deep trouble - if he wanted. She stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa via London to the States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Bond is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter...
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