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You Only Live Twice

  • 224 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1964
  • 105 editions

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1 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.

But Japan proves to be Bond's downfall, leading him to a mysterious residence known as the "Castle of Death," where he encounters an old enemy revitalized. All the omens suggest that this is the end for the British agent and, for once, Bond himself seems unable to disagree.

Good for readers who want: spy fiction and a mystery.

  • Espionage
  • Thrillers
  • Thrillers, espionage
  • Mystery
  • Japan
  • Spy stories
  • Adventure
  • Spy

2 About Ian Fleming

1908–1964

Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father Valentine Fleming was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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