The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13)

by Ian Fleming

Bond had accused M. of using him as a tool. Naturally. Every officer in the Service was a tool for one secret purpose or another. The problem on hand could only be solved by a killing.

a youth of hot-blooded stock whose subconscious had been so deeply lacerated.

In listing his accomplishments, Time notes, but does not comment upon, the fact that this man cannot whistle. Now it may only be myth, and it is certainly not medical science, but there is a popular theory that a man who cannot whistle has homosexual tendencies.

Wut

‘Pretty daft business, isn’t it? I don’t think Castro can hold out much longer.

Oh honey

WHEN HE arrives at a place on a dark night, particularly in an alien land which he has never seen before – a strange house, perhaps, or an hotel – even the most alert man is assailed by the confused sensations of the meanest tourist.