Nobody Lives Forever (James Bond Master Spy) [Hardcover]

John Gardner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 16, 1986

Ian Fleming's master spy James Bond in Nobody Lives Forever, 1986 BCE, by James Gardner. Hardcover with dust jacket, 183 pages, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.

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From Publishers Weekly

If anyone does live forever, it's likely to be the definitive swashbuckler invented by the late Ian Fleming and starred in Gardner's fifth tale of James Bond's feats. Secret agent 007 is driving through France when he learns that his demonic foe Tamil Rahani will pay a fortune to whomever delivers Bond's head on a silver plate. The entire thug population of Europe is competing for the prize, and the intended victim is lucky that two luscious and daring females are traveling with him. They rescue him from certain death repeatedly as he races to meet his housekeeper, May, and the loyal secretary, Miss Moneypenny, at the clinic in Austria where May is recovering from pneumonia. Holding the winning hand, however, Rahani's gang has abducted the women and 007 must risk decapitation to save them. The mission takes the hero and his bodyguards to an island off the Florida coast where Rahani is waiting with an authentic guillotine in an impregnable castle. In true comic-book fashion, the gory chapters detail the horrors that kill almost everyone except Bond who obviously won't die until he wants to. Literary Guild alternate.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 301 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult (May 16, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399131515
• ISBN-13: 978-0399131516
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #698,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality Bond, February 1, 2004

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Thomas Veil "thomasveil" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nobody Lives Forever (James Bond Master Spy) (Hardcover)

This is one of the better John Gardner Bond novels. It has a novel plot: Bond not on assignment, but instead the target of a global manhunt. It features some memorable and vicious villains, and a nice amount of plot twists.

Gardner's writing is taut, and we're reminded here that the Bond of the novels may be as suave as the Bond of film, but is considerably more ruthless. He repeats Ian Fleming's classic description of Bond's features as containing a hint of cruelty. Bond's ordeal in this book brings the trait more fully out of him than in other novels.

The first half of the book is particularly good in establishing tension. There are, perhaps, a few plot contrivances, but nothing especially blatant. I've read most of Gardner's Bond novels and would rate this very highly among them.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great adventure for any James Bond fan!, May 9, 2001

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Daniel R. Bills (Lafayette, Louisiana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nobody Lives Forever (James Bond Master Spy) (Hardcover)

I HAVE SEEN EVERY JAMES BOND MOVIE THERE IS TO SEE. I HAVE READ EVERY book by John Gardner! His Bond outings keeps the Bond Flag alive! Nail biting suspense! Great storytelling at its best in this great adventure!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Gardner Bond Title by far., March 9, 2001

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This review is from: Nobody Lives Forever (James Bond Master Spy) (Hardcover)

The suspense is a mile a minute in this novel that sets Bond against SPECTRE for the last time. It has two women for oo7 to womanize and features him at his most efficient and ruthless. It also has a sexy double cross that makes it even more exciting to read.