What can I say? Entirely escapist. And James Bond, as written, is certainly not Sean Connery. Even though SMERSH centers its plot entirely on killing Bond, mentioning his role in the previous four books, and even though he falls straight for their ruse to capture and kill him, he doesn't seem to warrant the attention. He is not the superspy portrayed in the movies. The movie does seem to hold relatively closely to the plot, though. But it is Bond's arrogance that ends up with Kellim Bey being killed, and his lack of cunning that mistakes Red Grant for a British secret service agent. Bond's escape from Grant is entirely too easy. But it is interesting that Rosa Krebs does seem to deliver a fatal kick with a poisoned toe knife in the end of the book. I wonder if Fleming had grown tired of him by this point, but was convinced to bring him back from the dead for a sequel in Dr. No.
Author: Fleming, Ian
Date Published: 1957
Length: 7hr 52min
Narrator: Vance, Simon
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