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A review by bookhawk
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
3.0
Live and Let Die is one of my favorite Bond films and certainly my favorite non-Connery version especially with Jane Seymour as Solitaire so naturally I had to buy it when it went on sale for $1.99. The book is good although it departs mightily from the movie.
Live and Let Die is the second Bond book by creator Ian Fleming but was the seventh Bond movie made. The action scenes are good and the cool sophistication of agent 007 emerges in the book. Bond smoked and drank everything rather than his movie signature shaken and not stirred martini.
The book was written in 1955 and casts a much different description of African Americans than would be acceptable today. That difference is stark and thumps today's reader in the forehead immediately and throughout the book.
The role of Solitaire in the book is quite a bit different than the movie where she read tarot cards and lost her powers upon losing her virginity to 007. Bond is also less invincible in the book and sort of gets lucky to escape and destroy the villainous Mr. Big rather than through amazing feats. The book never goes near New Orleans or the Louisiana bayous where the boat chase scenes were so cinematically memorable.
Bottom line is that it is a good book and a fun romp if you like Bond even 62 years later.
Live and Let Die is the second Bond book by creator Ian Fleming but was the seventh Bond movie made. The action scenes are good and the cool sophistication of agent 007 emerges in the book. Bond smoked and drank everything rather than his movie signature shaken and not stirred martini.
The book was written in 1955 and casts a much different description of African Americans than would be acceptable today. That difference is stark and thumps today's reader in the forehead immediately and throughout the book.
The role of Solitaire in the book is quite a bit different than the movie where she read tarot cards and lost her powers upon losing her virginity to 007. Bond is also less invincible in the book and sort of gets lucky to escape and destroy the villainous Mr. Big rather than through amazing feats. The book never goes near New Orleans or the Louisiana bayous where the boat chase scenes were so cinematically memorable.
Bottom line is that it is a good book and a fun romp if you like Bond even 62 years later.