GOLDFINGER! He’s the man, the man with the golden gun… no, wait, that’s not right. After reading Moonraker in one night I got my taste for Bond books back and have since read six more: Goldfinger, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Live And Let Die, Casino Royale, Doctor No and Diamonds Are Forever. Each of the six vary in quality and all have some surprises up their sleeves. Goldfinger is one of my favourite Bond movies, mostly for Gert Fröbe’s performance as the titular character and his most famous and quotable scene:

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THANKS to my stomach self-destructing the other night (which I am totes blaming on my rare Hooters burger) I ended up finishing Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (it’s a masterpiece  —  read it, no, better still buy it then read it) at 2am and then, as I was wide awake, managed to read Moonraker all the way through in one sitting. Although as far as the toilet was concerned it was several sittings.

I haven’t read a James Bond novel in probably 20 years and I’d forgotten how utterly unlike the movies they are. Instead of an introduction with space shuttles and […]