James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet
counterintelligence agency SMERSH in Ian Fleming’s masterful spy thriller, and
the novel that President John F. Kennedy named one of his favorite books of all
time.
SMERSH stands for “Death to Spies” and there’s no secret
agent they’d like to disgrace and destroy more than 007, James Bond. But
ensnaring the British Secret Service’s most lethal operative will require a
lure so tempting even he can’t resist. Enter Tatiana Romanova, a ravishing
Russian spy whose “defection” springs a trap designed with clockwork precision.
Her mission: seduce Bond, then flee to the West on the Orient Express. Waiting
in the shadows are two of Ian Fleming’s most vividly drawn villains: Red Grant,
SMERSH’s deadliest assassin, and the sinister operations chief Rosa Klebb—five
feet four inches of pure killing power.
I've only seen the movie of this, have you? What strikes as some of the differences between book and film? Does the movie do it justice?
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this movie or had the chance to read this book before so don't know the comparison between the two. However this is good book with a writing style that integrates you into the story. I also like how unlike the movies I've watched the book starts out not centering around Bond but around the book's villains.
ReplyDeleteBy centering around the villains instead do you think it gives a significantly different look as to how you feel about Bond specifically?
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