Octopussy and the Living Daylights
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Octopussy and the Living Daylights

by Ian Fleming

1966•Espionage•96 pages

Taste attributes: espionagethrilleractionunsavourylinearrescue/escape/jeopardyall consuming questsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA dark spy novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like edge over warmth.

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Open Library rating

3.3 / 5

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About This Book

Octopussy: the darling, was a bit surly. The tentacle she lashed around Major Smythe's arm that morning was none to gentle. So when Smythe found himself the sudden quarry of James Bond at cocktail time, the Major had a brilliant, if rather gruesome, inspiration...

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

EspionageThrillerActionRescue/escape/jeopardyAll consuming questSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Subjects

Spy storiesAnthologyThrillerShort storiesEspionage

Details

Author
Ian Fleming
Published
1966
Pages
96
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