The Man with the Golden Gun: James Bond #13

Ian Fleming

Jan 2015 · HarperCollins

About this ebook

Returning to service after his explosive battle with Ernst Blofeld, British secret agent James Bond must prove himself worthy of his 00 designation. On the trail of notorious assassin “Pistols” Scaramanga, a.k.a. The Man with the Golden Gun, Bond infiltrates Scaramanga’s network, only to discover that Bond himself is a target.

The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth title in the James Bond spy series. It was adapted for a 1974 film starring Roger Moore as James Bond.

About the author

Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British journalist, naval intelligence officer, and creator of the fictional British spy, James Bond. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and at universities in Switzerland and Germany, Fleming’s failure at the Foreign Office entrance exams led to brief careers with Reuters and as a stockbroker before he joined British Naval Intelligence in 1939. As personal assistant to the director, Fleming excelled, and his wartime service provided ample background for his later Bond stories.

Fleming’s Bond novels and short-story collections are among the best-selling books of all time, and serve as the basis for the highly-successful movie franchise, which has starred such acclaimed actors as Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig as James Bond. In addition to the Bond series, Fleming wrote the children’s classic Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car. He died in 1964 of heart disease.