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Live and Let Die (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)
by Ian Fleming (Author)
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Bond is off to Harlem, the kingdom of Mr Big, black master of crime and voodoo baron. The trail of terror, treachery and torture leads from New York's black underworld to the shark infested island in the sun that Mr Big calls his own.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable Carribean adventure, 18 Jul 2006
As with all the Bond books; its better than the film of the same name, and as L&LD is one of the better Moore films that is saying something.

It is an enoyable romp, with Fleming touching on scenes of violence; the method used to try and kill bond at the end is far more imaganitive than the blood dripping above the sharks in the film; you will never think of a coral reef in the same light again!

However, if you enjoy all the voodoo in the film; don't expect the same in the text; whilst the story makes refernce to voodoo practices, there is little more on the subject.

Read it, suspend belief, and enjoy it (but read Casino Royale first - as that is a better story).
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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Curious period piece, 31 Mar 2005
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Well, I finished it so it couldn't have been that bad... But it is strangley lacking in any real suspense. That isn't true of all Bond novels: CASINO ROYALE has moments of real excitement. Fleming's eye for detail makes for some interesting period charm, but also clogs up the pace. All the characters are two-dimensional, and offensively so with the black characters. Indeed, hard to believe this didn't rate as a racist novel even at the time: at best it's very patronising, at worst pretty sickening.

Oh, and if you thought of Bond as the bon viveur par excellence, think again: all he'll eat in this novel is bacon and eggs!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The name's Bond, Jessie Bond..., 4 Sep 2007
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So much better than the film in every respect (as just about always), although politically correct readers may be offended by Fleming's overt racism; for those not offended it's just toe-curlingly cringeworthy.

As a scuba diver and shark afficionado, I found Bond's character in this novel to be a bit of 'a big jessie', the part which deals with Bond's overwhelming apprehension before his scuba dive to Mr Big's hideout was highly amusing. And I love how he forces himself to cut down on smoking prior to this part of the mission.

That aside, it's a fine and enjoyable read.

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