- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (3 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 014118759X
- ISBN-13: 978-0141187594
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 38,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mr Fleming's licensed assassin is in good form … Few men can have been able to mix business with pleasure so successfully as Bond (The Times Literary Supplement )
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Blofeld holds the world to ransom, having hatched a staggeringly audacious plot to steal British atomic weapons. The book that introduced the most imitated and parodied of all the Bond villains, Thunderball also has one of Fleming's most deranged plots and a spectacularly described Caribbean setting.
Bond's efforts to defeat SPECTRE lead modern readers through an amazing, baroque series of set-pieces and a treasure-trove of 1950s attitudes.
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Again Bond dabbed with the bloodstained styptic pencil at the cut on his chin and despised the face that stared sullenly back at him from the mirror above the washbasin. Read the first page
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thunderball was the 9th James Bond book by Ian Fleming and it is one ofhis best 007 books.
The story sees secret agent James Bond 007 being sent to try and recovertwo atomic bombs that have been hijacked by the terrorist organisationSPECTRE, lead by their ruthless leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who has giventhe UK government 7 days to pay SPECTRE a ransom of £100,000,000 or thebombs will be detonated in two unspecified but high profile locations inthe US or UK. Whilst investigating in the Bahamas 007 meets Domino Petachia girl who is the lover of a millionaire explorer Emilio Largo who is inthe Bahamas with a group of businessmen with the intention of treasurehunting from his luxury yacht the Disco Volante. Bond becomes suspiciousof Largo and is convinced that Largo has stolen the bombs and is stowingthem on board his yacht and is using the treasure hunt as a cover to avoidarousing suspicion, but trying to convince the government and 007's boss"M" that there is a case for action proves difficult so Bond and CIA agentFelix Leiter must use their own with and recover the bombs before timeruns out.
This book sets a very fast pace early on and is a very engaging novelwhich leaves you wanting to turn to the next page quickly and it is a verysharp piece of work by one of the best thriller writers in history.
If, like me, you have seen the 1967 film version of this book it will helpyou to understand the plot and create a better picture in your mind of thestory that is taking place.
Even if you are not a Bond fan but enjoy a good thriller novel then thisis definitely worth a read.
The story sees secret agent James Bond 007 being sent to try and recovertwo atomic bombs that have been hijacked by the terrorist organisationSPECTRE, lead by their ruthless leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who has giventhe UK government 7 days to pay SPECTRE a ransom of £100,000,000 or thebombs will be detonated in two unspecified but high profile locations inthe US or UK. Whilst investigating in the Bahamas 007 meets Domino Petachia girl who is the lover of a millionaire explorer Emilio Largo who is inthe Bahamas with a group of businessmen with the intention of treasurehunting from his luxury yacht the Disco Volante. Bond becomes suspiciousof Largo and is convinced that Largo has stolen the bombs and is stowingthem on board his yacht and is using the treasure hunt as a cover to avoidarousing suspicion, but trying to convince the government and 007's boss"M" that there is a case for action proves difficult so Bond and CIA agentFelix Leiter must use their own with and recover the bombs before timeruns out.
This book sets a very fast pace early on and is a very engaging novelwhich leaves you wanting to turn to the next page quickly and it is a verysharp piece of work by one of the best thriller writers in history.
If, like me, you have seen the 1967 film version of this book it will helpyou to understand the plot and create a better picture in your mind of thestory that is taking place.
Even if you are not a Bond fan but enjoy a good thriller novel then thisis definitely worth a read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first Bond book I've read that has seemed a bit slow to start. It's not until he gets to the W.Indies that things start to happen and still plods a little. Then it speeds up and the underwater "scenes" are written really well and fast flowing.
A thoroughly enjoyable read!
A thoroughly enjoyable read!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read 5 books about Bond (4 by Fleming), and this is absolutely the best! It contains tense, action & romance. Everything we want in a Bond-book! Highly recomended for anyone!
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A surprisingly cinematic Bond novel, lacking some of the usual flair
Of all the James Bond books, this one feels the most cinematic, though I do wonder whether my knowledge that the novel is based on an idea for a film influences me in feeling this. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. R. Johnson-Rollings
Shoddy paper cover and bad quality spine.
Great book, shame about the cheap shoddy paper cover.
Was hoping that the cover would be the same as the preview, but it is just a thin paper cover. Read more
Was hoping that the cover would be the same as the preview, but it is just a thin paper cover. Read more
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As with the other Bond books I have read this book also surpasses a very good film version. Some of the writing is brilliant - the description of underwater wildlife and... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2008 by Cribyn
An excellent start to the SPECTRE trilogy
Having read all but the 3 SPECTRE novels I began this book with high expectations. I was not disappointed. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2001
Fleming at his best!
This is not one of the best Bond-books... this is the best! I own my copy about ten years; i did read it four times in this period. Read more
Published on 1 April 2000
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