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When Agent 007 goes to Harlem, it's not just for the jazz. Harlem is the kingdom of Mr. Big, voodoo baron, black master of crime, and senior partner in SMERSH's grim company of death. As gold coins from a Jamaican pirate hoard start turning up in pawnshops in Harlem, M suspects the treasure is being used to finance SMERSH activity in America. Agent 007 is sent to New York to uncover Mr. Big's criminal operation.
Those Mr. Big cannot possess he crushes; those who cross him will meet painful ends, like his beautiful prisoner, Solitaire, and her lover, James Bond. Both are marked as victims in a trail of terror, treachery, and torture that leads from New York's black underworld to the shark-infested island in the sun that Mr. Big calls his own.
Bond realizes Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced, and no one, not even the mysterious Solitaire, can be sure how their battle of wills is going to end.
Cold War spy thriller featuring 007 and Mr. Big— the latter being the Black American voodoo supervillain smuggling pirate treasure in from Jamaica. Rory Kinnear was fine if a bit unenthusiastic at times but understandable given some of the racist stuff in there. ( )
I fully believe books are of their time and should remain as originally written, but have to admit even I blinked a time or two at the racist and sexist remarks. But then these books will never translate well to modern day, but such is the Bond universe, too. As a sign of the times, they have to be regarded as such, and no longer taken seriously. I also rolled my eyes when Bond faints from having a pinky finger broken. Fine, anyone might faint from pain, but Bond’s a secret agent and should have trained to withstand a certain amount of torture; later on in the book he undergoes worse with stolidness. This being only the second Bond instalment I’ve listened to, it amazes me how bad Bond is at blending in (also apparent in the films). It seems a running flaw of Fleming’s work that his undercover agent seldom truly works undercover. The reading was good to excellent in parts, though I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first book either through the reading or story. ( )
Its not like the order of the books or reading all of the series matter too much, but my ocd side says I had to read it. After chapter 2 I hated that part of me that much more... ( )
El hermoso y adivino Solitaire es el prisionero de Mr. Big, maestro del miedo, artista del crimen y barón vudú de la muerte. James Bond no tiene tiempo para la superstición: sabe que este criminal de peso pesado también es un agente de Smersh de alto nivel y una amenaza real. Más que eso, después de rastrearlo a través de los locales de jazz de Harlem, los Everglades y el Caribe, 007 se dio cuenta de que Big es uno de los hombres más peligrosos a los que se ha enfrentado. Y nadie, ni siquiera el misterioso Solitario, puede estar seguro de cómo terminará su batalla de voluntades.
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There are moments of great luxury in the life of a secret agent.
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'Don't go stirring up trouble for us. This case isn't ripe yet. Until it is, our policy is "live and let live".' Bond looked quizzically at Captain Dexter. 'In my job,' he said, 'when I come up against a man like this one, I have another motto. It's "live and let die".'
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When Agent 007 goes to Harlem, it's not just for the jazz. Harlem is the kingdom of Mr. Big, voodoo baron, black master of crime, and senior partner in SMERSH's grim company of death. As gold coins from a Jamaican pirate hoard start turning up in pawnshops in Harlem, M suspects the treasure is being used to finance SMERSH activity in America. Agent 007 is sent to New York to uncover Mr. Big's criminal operation.
Those Mr. Big cannot possess he crushes; those who cross him will meet painful ends, like his beautiful prisoner, Solitaire, and her lover, James Bond. Both are marked as victims in a trail of terror, treachery, and torture that leads from New York's black underworld to the shark-infested island in the sun that Mr. Big calls his own.
Bond realizes Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced, and no one, not even the mysterious Solitaire, can be sure how their battle of wills is going to end.
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