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You Only Live Twice

by Ian Fleming

1964•Espionage•224 pages

Taste attributes: espionageactionthrillerfastheavyintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeWide-ranging and fast: a spy novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like pace over patience.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Bond, a shattered man after the death of his wife at the hands of SPECTRE founder Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has gone to pieces as an agent, endangering himself and his fellow operatives. M, unwilling to accept the loss of one of his best men, sends 007 to Japan for one last, near-impossible mission with the hopes of bolstering his spirits.

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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

EspionageActionThrillerAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

JapanIntelligence officersBritishIntelligence serviceJuvenile fictionSpiesGreat britainAssassination

Details

Author
Ian Fleming
Published
1964
Pages
224
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