You Only Live Twice
by Fleming, Ian
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- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
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About This Item
Following the wedding day murder of his wife Tracy Bond at the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 007 spirals into drinking, gambling, and erring on assignment. In an attempt to reignite him, MI6 assigns Bond to a diplomatic mission in Japan. There, James connects with the head of Japanese Secret Service and becames entangled in a plan to seek revenge for the death of another man's wife. Very Good + in Very Good + dust jacket.
Synopsis
Bond, a shattered man after the death of his wife at the hands of 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. 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, even Bond himself seems unable to disagree...
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2562
- Title
- You Only Live Twice
- Author
- Fleming, Ian
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face.
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