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 : James Bond: Octopussy

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5
EAN: 9781840237436
ISBN: 1840237430
Label: Titan Books
Manufacturer: Titan Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: June 01, 2004
Publisher: Titan Books
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Studio: Titan Books




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Product Description:
Bond is back! 007, the world’s greatest secret agent, returns in two classic adventures brought together in a deluxe James Bond collectors’ paperback library edition!

When an old friend’s body is found in the Alps 20 years after he disappeared, James Bond quickly finds himself caught between Nazi gold, the Chinese Tongs and the savage, eight-armed embrace of Octopussy! And Bond finds more mortal danger beneath the waves whilst trailing a missing submarine in The Hildebrand Rarity!

The second volume in this series contains background material on the literary history of James Bond, produced exclusively for this edition!



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Adaptations that would make Fleming proud
Octopussy, the short story by Ian Fleming is a great little story about James Bond paying a visit to a man who murdered one of his friends 20 years earlier and "taking care" of him. It's short, sweet, not too confusing and filled with Flemings trademark, quality writing. As a comic strip, which would normally focus on action, it should have been a disaster. This adaptation by James Lawrence and Yaroslav Horak is AMAZING.
They succeed by using the short story and embellishing it in ways that ... Read More







 






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