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Publication Date: 4 Jun 2004 | Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Bond does not himself feature until quite late in this novel - the opening chapters, one of Fleming's most amazing fantasies, creates the nightmare world of SMERSH - the Russian counter-spy organisation, its sickeningly foul section head Rosa Klebb and her top assassin Grant. When the action shifts to Istanbul and Klebb's plot to destroy the unsuspecting Bond one of the most brilliant chase sequences in fiction (unrivalled even by Buchan or Greene) unfolds.

One of the defining books of the Cold War (and one of President Kennedy's favourite books) FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is perhaps even more enjoyable to read now than when it first became a huge international bestseller.

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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (4 Jun 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0141187603
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141187600
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.6 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 348,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Fleming brings a new precision to the business of intimate violence (Guardian )

One of my favourite books (John F. Kennedy ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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There is only one Bond. Enjoy these intoxicating spy novels in stylish Vintage Classics editions. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The best Bond book. 31 Aug 2002
By George Owers
Format:Hardcover
From Russia, With Love is stunning. Fleming writes in an unusually excellent prose for a thriller writer, combininng the threads of the complex plot to excellent and often harrowing effect.
The characterisation is the best feature of this tour de force. Every character is fully and artistically developed - Red Grant, the psychotic killer, is the ultimate Bond enemy and he still packs a punch fifty years on. Rosa Klebb is written vividly, in all her detestable glory. Romanovna is not the average Bond girl - she is well introduced, as well as being a most luscious Bond girl, and plenty of backround to her life is given, something often lacking in Fleming's other efforts. Bond himself is also developed marvellously, and quite aside from the cardboard cutout characters we often get in a Bond book, none of these characters are lacking in depth and dimension.
If the plot is good - SMERSH plotting to kill MI6's best agent and also to create a world wide sex scandal with far reaching implications for the credibility of British intelligence into the bargain - then the execution is better. Every page is a masterpiece in itself, and the whole plot moulds perfectly and seamlessly, from London, Istanbul, the Orient Express and France, with perfection.
Fleming, with FRWL, proves himself not only to be a top rate thriller writer, but a top rate story teller and descriptive writer as well.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fleming's Best Works 17 July 2005
By L. C. Raubenheimer
Format:Paperback
If you don't already own any Ian Fleming novels, this wonderful omnibus edition from Penguin Modern Classics is a fantastic starting point from which to dive into the James Bond literary ocean.

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE is almost universally regarded as Fleming's masterpiece novel, and is the first novel in this collection. The plot is fairly similar to the 1963 film. The biggest difference is that the organisation that Bond is pitted against is SMERSH, rather than SPECTRE as it was in the film. SMERSH try to lure bond into a trap, the bait being a Spektor cipher machine. (It was called Lektor in the movie) Bond main ally is the memorable Darko Kerim. The girl is a Russian cipher clerk named Tatiana, and the villain is Rosa Klebb, a repulsive woman who is described brilliantly by Fleming. This is a great taut, suspenseful novel right down to the final twist on the last page.

DR NO is second in the collection and is another great read. This was the first Fleming novel I ever read, and it was a very nice, easy read. The plot is fairly simple, and the characters move fluidly within it. Honey Ryder is the Bond girl this time out, and Quarrel (from Live And Let Die) returns. Many of the scenes are the same as those in the movie, although the villain's death is very different (And quite bizarre!!) Bond is attacked by a deadly centipede and a giant squid and comes out the other end in one piece as only 007 can do!

GOLDFINGER is arguably one of the most famous titles in the world thanks to the 1964 film, and it rounds off this trio of novels. The highlight is undoubtedly the game of golf with Goldfinger. I actually enjoyed the first half of the novel more than the second half. The whole gangster scenario was a little difficult to follow, and the whole ending is not as good IMO as the film version. Nonetheless it is a great novel, and deserves a place in any collection, as do all of Ian Fleming's works, which tend to be underrated.

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars As entertaining today as 40 years ago 29 April 2002
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If, like me, you grew up watching the James Bond films, it is a fascinating experience reading the original books which gave rise to the blockbusters. And they do not dissappoint.

Each of the three stories in this book differ significantly from the film versions; so even though you find yourself visualising the scenes you recognise, you are still confronted by surprises and twists in the plot.

Another major difference is the depth of character that Fleming gives to Bond, the girls and the villians - one possible criticism of the films are they are a bit "cartoonish".

Finally, although the books are set in a by-gone age of Cold War espionage, they capture that time perfectly with a refreshing "Britishness" which readers of my generation are not used to.

I highly recommend you try them out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars From russia with love
Goodread differed from the film but would recommend to all 007fans. Definitely be reading the rest of Fleming's books after this one
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In many respects it's incredible that the books from 1950's have endured and I suspsect that much of this is attributable to the fact that the films have become so iconic. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Watch the film instead
Impossible to get into and really hard going read. I couldnt finish the book.I wont buy another Ian Flemming book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Stupid ending
First Bond book I've read and not particularly impressed. Crass ending......did Fleming just get bored?
I doubt I will read another !
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movie forget it! this starts in russia, the old USSR all about the KGB etc and set the plot up very nice too.
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