- Hardcover: 218 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; New edition edition (4 Jan 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340660716
- ISBN-13: 978-0340660713
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 233,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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John Gardner's Goldeneye is an accurate novelisation of the film of the same name with a plot centring on post-communist Russia, its internal factions, historic patriotism and a criminal organisation known as the Janus Crime Syndicate, run by a man with a score to settle against Britain.
The action kicks off with Bond and his old friend 006 on a mission to destroy a Soviet Biochemical Processing Plant, heavily guarded by the KGB. This is his first encounter with General Ourumov and when the action moves to post-Soviet Russia some years later, he finds himself up against him again, this time working for the Janus Crime Syndicate who have stolen the Goldeneye, a powerful piece of Russian space weaponry, with the help of the eccentric computer boffin, Boris Grishenko. The plot, not a classic in itself, is greatly enhanced by the mystery surrounding Janus and the two Russian female characters, the brilliantly named Xenia Onatop, complet ewith killer thighs, and the rather more amenable and attractive, Natalya Simonova.
There is a distinctive Russian flavour to Goldeneye which is interesting to compare to the early Fleming novels involving Smersh and the KGB. As with other John Gardner Bond stories, Goldeneye is an accessible and enjoyable read in its own right, though for die-hard Bond purists, if it's not Fleming, it's 007- lite. --Julian BrosterEND --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Janus, a powerful Russian leader whose ambitions are money and power, and whose normal business methods include theft and murder, has just acquired GoldenEye, a piece of technology with the power to destroy the West's financial markets. But Janus has underestimated his enemy - James Bond.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
This book was great... Definetly a page-turner. It adds SO much to Pierce Brosnan's 007 debut movie. To name a some... it expands upon the begining, Natalya's scene in Servanya, after the train scene... and so much more. It adds in some erotic sex scenes, gotta dig that. Fleming-style. Everything about this book is well done. Read it. The only disgusting flaw was replacing the classic climax line from the movie. But other that that, near flawless victory.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Im writing the review so people out there will be me likely to read the books so they can really enjoy the story instead of just watching the movie.I have watch many movies in my life and just in the last 4 years i have be getting in to books so i started with the books that go with movies i have watched and this one for example is one of the best. The detail the author has put into it u incan really get ur imagination going and it puts u in the shoes of James Bond 007 so i recommend this book and give it 4 out of 5
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It was good to read after I had seen the film and I thought that it was just long enough that it didn't get boring. I found that all the other 007 books were too heavy and hard to understand as they were written in a far older style using older expressions but this was quite modern, yet still had some character.
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