Book description
Who is Auric Goldfinger? The Bank of England wants to know and
they're also curious to find out what he's done with the huge stock
of gold he's been collecting since the war. James Bond is put on the trail.
This isn't the first time 007 has come across the enigmatic
millionaire and he quickly discovers that Goldfinger never forgets and
never forgives. Bond is drawn inexorably into the most ambitious heist
of the century and finds himself the only defence against Goldfinger's
murderous mania for gold.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London in 1908. His first job was
at Reuters news agency after which he worked briefly as a stockbroker
before working in Naval Intelligence during the Second World War. His
first novel,
Casino Royale
, was published in 1953 and was an instant success. Fleming went on to
write twelve other Bond books as well as two works of non-fiction and
the children's classic
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
. The Bond books have sold over sixty million copies and earned praise
from figures such as Raymond Chandler who called Fleming 'the most
forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England' and President
Kennedy who named
From Russia with Love
as one of his favourite books. The books inspired a hugely successful
series of film adaptations which began in 1962 with the release of
Dr No
, starring Sean Connery as 007. Fleming was married to Anne Rothermere
with whom he had a son, Caspar. He died in 1964. www. ianfleming. com
