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Old fashioned, a bit out of date and at times laughably (I say this with black humour) offensive you wouldnt think the book Goldfinger had much going for it. Wrong. Whilst Fleming, a product of his time and class, had some rather odd views he knew how to create a well paced and well crafted thriller. He was superb at the following:
1) Ingenuis plots - Fleming served in WW2 intelligence and was part of the astounding (& successful) Operation Mincemeat.
2) Bad guys - pure evil, larger than life, str ...more
1) Ingenuis plots - Fleming served in WW2 intelligence and was part of the astounding (& successful) Operation Mincemeat.
2) Bad guys - pure evil, larger than life, str ...more
This is one of the better books of the series. While the movie was entertaining, it failed to capture the ingenuity of the Goldfinger character. He truly is one of the best bond villains and this book is definitely worth reading.
Mar 09, 2009
Scott E
marked it as to-read
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Oct 21, 2013
Jeffrey Westhoff
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