No Deals, Mr. Bond (James Bond) - Hardcover

Gardner, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399132546 ISBN 13: 9780399132544

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987

Synopsis

Left on his own, without the help of M and the Service, James Bond must uncover a traitor and put an end to the brutal and ritualistic murders of former double agents

About this title

About the Author:

John Gardner wrote, like Ian Fleming, fourteen James Bond novels (1981 to 1996). In all Gardner had fifty-five novels to his credit―many of them bestsellers (his novel Maestro was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year). John Gardner died in 2007. Visit his estate’s website at www.john-gardner.com.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this latest James Bond caper, there's still more attention paid to pain than to sexual delights, though rather less of both than heretofore, lethal toys are very much in evidence, and the plot is, of course, smoothly preposterous. Which is to say that Bond fans will not be disappointed. Bond is called by M to save the lives of the remnants of "Cream Cake," a defunct sexual-entrapment operation in East Germany. Two young women with British "identities" have been killed and their tongues cut out, the work of the KGB, the GRU or the East Germans. Half the characters seem to be involved in betraying the other half, since "Cream Cake" was apparently "blown" from the beginning. Bond is unsure of whom to trust, and his chief job, after staying alive, is to uncover the prime traitor. Ireland and Hong Kong supply rather desultory color. Fans of long duration will be pleased that the head villain is Gen. Chernov, ex-boss of SMERSH, who pits four killers against Bond in the final combat. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates.
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About this edition

• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0399132546
• ISBN 13: 9780399132544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 317