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 EAN: 9780811807357 Edition: Bookcards ISBN: 0811807355 Label: Chronicle Books Manufacturer: Chronicle Books Publication Date: March 01, 1993 Publisher: Chronicle Books Studio: Chronicle Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Tiffany Case, a cold, gorgeous, devil-may-care blonde, stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa to London to the United States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Agent 007 is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter, the ice maiden herself. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Spy Who Got Stuck In The MudIt's been said that Ian Fleming was a brilliant travel writer trapped in the body of a successful spy novelist. Nowhere is that case better made than in "Diamonds Are Forever." This fourth installment in the Bond series, published in 1956, puts Bond on the trail of a diamond-smuggling operation, hopping from England to New York to Las Vegas to what was then French Guinea in pursuit of a crew of American gangsters and their fetching accomplice, Tiffany Case. Along the way he samples local ... Read More Rating:  - Bond does VegasOne of the big movies of recent times was Blood Diamonds, a grim action movie dealing with conflict diamonds, those mined in certain African countries in states of civil war. A few years before that, the final Pierce-Brosnan-as-James-Bond movie, Die Another Day also dealt with these diamonds. Ian Fleming had first introduced Bond fans to the African diamond trade much earlier, however, in 1956 with Diamonds Are Forever (and a year later, he would come out with a non-Bond novel called The Diamond Smugglers ... Read More Rating: - Super ReaderThis novel has an opponent for Bond that is quite different. He is sent by M to look into diamond smuggling in Africa, that he determines is run buy the American Spangled Mob. After infiltration, he comes across the nasty assassins Wint and Kidd, part of the gang, and the attractive Tiffany Case, who he develops a serious thing for. The diamond smuggling happens by dentist and a few other tricks. Felix Leiter lends a hand, now out of the CIA due to the shark bite problems, and working privately. ... Read More Rating:  - Bond vs. The Spagled MobThere are a few slow parts in the story, but I overall enjoyed it more than I did reading Moonraker, which is the novel before this one. In this novel, Bond goes to America so he can find who is smuggling diamonds there from Africa. While doing so, he becomes involved with the mob and meets a beautiful woman named Tiffany Case. That's the basic story, which is completely different from the movie once again. If you are into stories about the mafia, then this book is definitely something that you ... Read More Rating: - Definitely not the best BondIf you're new to Bond, start with Casino Royale or Moonraker, two gems. Diamonds are Forever had some high points, but way too much slow-paced action, description of what Bond is eating, pointless scenes that have you skimming pages to get to the point, etc. Nothing like the gripping tension of the aforementioned two volumes. 
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