Nobody Lives for Ever (James Bond)

by John Gardner

Paperback, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Publication

Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (2012), Paperback

Description

Official, original James Bond from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'. 'Take care 007. Take special care. The continent's a hotbed of villainy these days and you can never be too careful.' Bond was supposed to be on leave. But SPECTRE leader Tamil Rahani, dying from injuries suffered at Bond's hand, is determined to make it the holiday to die for. With a price on his head, Bond must evade the world's greatest assassins in a ruthless game of cat-and-mouse across Europe, while trying to save the lives of the two women who matter to him most, his housekeeper May and Miss Moneypenny. But Bond has been a target before. And when it comes to staying alive, nobody does it better than 007. In Nobody Lives Forever, the fifth in Gardner's bestselling series, Fleming's superspy is at the top of his game.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member johnfishlock
This was my least favorite of the series so far. It just seemed a bit goofy to me. 3.5

Language

Original publication date

1986

ISBN

1409135667 / 9781409135661

Local notes

Bond prepares for a month of leave in which he plans on visiting his ill housekeeper, May, at the clinic where she is receiving treatment. After a chance meeting with the exhuberant Sukie Tempesta and her bodyguard "Nannie" Norrich, Bond discovers that both May and longtime associate Moneypenny have been kidnapped.
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