007 Book: Goldfinger (1959)
June 27, 2014
Bond book: GoldfingerAuthor: Ian Fleming
Publication date: 23 March 1959
Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 23 March 1959.
Goldfinger originally bore the title The Richest Man in the World and was written in January and February 1958. The story centres on the investigation by MI6 operative James Bond into the gold smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger, who is also suspected by MI6 of being connected to SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence organisation. As well as establishing the background to the smuggling operation, Bond uncovers a much larger plot, with Goldfinger planning to steal the gold reserves of the United States from Fort Knox.
Goldfinger originally bore the title The Richest Man in the World and was written in January and February 1958. The story centres on the investigation by MI6 operative James Bond into the gold smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger, who is also suspected by MI6 of being connected to SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence organisation. As well as establishing the background to the smuggling operation, Bond uncovers a much larger plot, with Goldfinger planning to steal the gold reserves of the United States from Fort Knox.
CONTENTS
PART I • HAPPENSTANCE
REFLECTIONS IN A DOUBLE BOURBON
LIVING IT UP
THE MAN WITH AGORAPHOBIA
OVER THE BARREL
NIGHT DUTY
TALK OF GOLD
THOUGHTS IN A D.B.III
PART 2 • COINCIDENCE
ALL TO PLAY FOR
THE CUP AND THE LIP
UP AT THE GRANGE
THE ODD-JOB MAN
LONG TAIL ON A GHOST
‘IF YOU TOUCH ME THERE…’
THINGS THAT GO THUMP IN THE NIGHT
PART 3 • ENEMY ACTION
THE PRESSURE ROOM
THE LAST AND THE BIGGEST
HOODS’ CONGRESS
CRIME DE LA CRIME
SECRET APPENDIX
JOURNEY INTO HOLOCAUST
THE RICHEST MAN IN HISTORY
THE LAST TRICK
T.L.C. TREATMENT
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