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Colonel Sun
James Bond 007
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See moreColonel Sun was the first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming. Penned by one of Britain's finest writers, Kingsley Amis, this new edition celebrates the novel's 55th anniversary. Released on October 5th, James Bond Day, this edition features a new foreword by Anthony Horowitz.
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Lunch at Scott's, a quiet game of golf, a routine social call on his chief M—James Bond's life has begun to fall into a pattern that threatens complacency, until the sunny afternoon when M is kidnapped and all of his house staff savagely murdered.
The action ricochets across the globe to a volcanic Greek island, where the malign Colonel Sun Liang-tan of the People's Liberation Army of China is collaborating with the ex-Nazi commander, Von Richter, in planning a world-dominating conspiracy. Bond's allies—the beautiful, brown-haired Greek agent, Ariadne Alexandrou, along with a tough-as-nails former World War II resistance fighter—are quickly neutralised by the venomous Colonel Sun. Alone and unarmed, Bond faces off against these two nefarious villains.
Stripped of all professional aids, James Bond faces the deadly devices of Colonel Sun and his Nazi cohort in a test that brings him to the verge of his physical abilities.
Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis presents a thrilling challenge for Bond, testing his resolve and determination in an unpredictable and dangerous world.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781915797186
Publisher: Ian Fleming Publications Limited
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Ian Fleming Publications
Edition: New edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Robert Markham was the pseudonym of Kingsley Amis. Amis was born in South London in 1922 and was educated at the City of London School and St John's College, Oxford. After the publication of Lucky Jim in 1954, Kingsley Amis wrote over twenty novels, including The Alteration, winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, The Old Devils, winner of the Booker Prize in 1986, and The Biographer's Moustache, which was to be his last book. He also wrote on politics, education, language, films, television, restaurants and drink. Kingsley Amis was awarded the CBE in 1981 and received a knighthood in 1990. He died in October 1995.
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