Solo: Um Romance de James Bond
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788579622502
Publish date: October 1st 2013
Publisher: Alfaguara Brasil
Pages no: 320
Edition language: Portuguese
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Action,
Suspense
A quick read, helped by breakfast in bed on Saturday morning.... a bit 'nice' as I remembered James Bond as being nastier - but it's so long since I read the Flemming books that I might well be quite wrong. Enjoyed the African bits especially.
With the emphasis on food, drink and the like, this book started really well. Just like an original Bond in fact. But soon it became boring mainly because, I think, that Bond was too nice. A modern man (with all the sensibilities and political correctness that that entails) set in a sixties world. T...
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