John McLusky Libri

The legend continues Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest secret agent, as his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever Modern-day King Midas, Auric Goldfinger, plans on ruining the economies of the Free World and using his own vast hordes of gold to control the planet. Bond must use all his rugged charms and brutal skills to stop Goldfinger before he brings western civilisation to its knees . This new edition also collects the very rare newspaper strips Risico, From A View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only and Thunderball Not only that, it also features a brand new introduction by Goldfinger Bond girl, Shirley Eaton

The sixth James Bond thriller from Ian Fleming’s typewriter. Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over. On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider. Together they will combat a local legend the natives call ‘the Dragon,’ before Bond alone must face the most punishing test of all: an obstacle course-designed by the sadistic Dr No himself-that measures the limits of the human body’s capacity for agony.

È il romanzo in cui fa la sua prima apparizione James Bond e in cui sono già presenti i tipici ingredienti della serie: il fascinoso 007 con licenza d'uccidere; la bella Vesper Lynd, tenera e tragica; il malvagio e imprendibile Le Chiffre. Ma c'è anche la rappresentazione del mondo delle sale da gioco della Francia meridionale, che Fleming ricostruisce in modo impeccabile, consegnando intatto al lettore il fascino di quel mondo e di quella società.