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5.0 out of 5 stars IAN FLEMINGs Japan and the Devil, Jun 17 2004

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This review is from: You Only Live Twice (Paperback)

This is Ian Fleming's most mysterious and enigmatic James Bond novel. This is a direct follow up to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." It starts out as a direct secret service story even though Bond is reassigned to the diplomatic section. As it progresses it becomes almost surrealistic as James Bond tracks down his arch nemesis on the island of Kyushu. This is a very well written and researched novel. The Japanese idioms and depictions of locale are exquisite. When the novel moves to Kuro Island and is on the threshold of Dr. Shaterhand's castle lair, Fleming approaches mythical horizons. I found this absorbing, haunting and prophetic novel very difficult to put down once I started reading it. You get addicted early on to such charismatic characters as Tiger Tanaka and the all too brief Dikko Henderson but it is the narrative of this epic tale that beckons the reader. The new retro-paperback cover is alluring.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hardcover Mythology, Jun 17 2004

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This is Ian Fleming's most mysterious and enigmatic James Bond novel. This is a direct follow up to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." It starts out as a direct secret service story but as it progresses becomes almost surrealistic as James Bond tracks down his arch nemesis. This is a very well written and researched novel. The Japanese idioms and depictions of locale are exquisite. When the novel moves to Kuro Island and is on the threshold of Dr. Shaterhand's castle lair, Fleming approaches mythical horizons. I found this absorbing, haunting and prophetic novel very difficult to put down once I started reading it. If you do decide to read it I recommend that you read "Thunderball" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" first. I will go one step further, if you read both of these novels then read "The Man with the Golden Gun" after "You Only Live Twice." These four novels are inexorably connected.

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5.0 out of 5 stars IAN FLEMINGs You Only Live Twice, Jun 17 2004

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This is Ian Fleming's most mysterious and enigmatic James Bond novel. This is a direct follow up to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." It starts out as a direct secret service story but as it progresses becomes almost surrealistic as James Bond tracks down his arch nemesis. This is a very well written and researched novel. The Japanese idioms and depictions of locale are exquisite. I found this absorbing, haunting and prophetic novel very difficult to put down once I started reading it. If you do decide to read it I recommend that you read "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" first. I will go one step further, if you read both of these novels then read "The Man with the Golden Gun" after "You Only Live Twice." These three novels make up a sort of trilogy. One hint: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is very close to the movie version. The motion pictures versions of "You Only Live Twice" and "The Man with the Golden Gun" have very little resemblance to the Fleming novels. So don't be discouraged.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite the film legend
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Published on Jun 5 2004 by Joseph Haschka

5.0 out of 5 stars The finest of all the Bond novels.
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