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(1956)
Diamonds are forever
by Ian Fleming
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"In Diamonds are Forever, Bond is sent to investigate a dangerous diamond-smuggling gang run by the American mafia. The story begins in Africa, moves to London and ends in Las Vegas. There Bond and the beautiful Tiffany Case must escape the fury of the gang's leaders, the evil Spang brothers"--Back cover note.
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British, Diamond smuggling, English Spy stories, Fiction, Fiction in English, Intelligence officers, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Intelligence service, Fiction, espionage, Fiction, thrillers, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Spy stories, Pulp literature, Children's stories, English, English language readers, Special needs & learning difficulties, Readers, Serie:James_Bond, collection:Serie:James_BondShowing 10 featured editions. View all 104 editions?
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Diamonds are forever
2008, Clipper Large Print
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Diamonds Are Forever (Penguin Modern Classics)
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"Listen, Bond," said Tiffany Case. "It’d take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with a man. In any event, since it’s your check, I’m going to have caviar, and what the English call 'cutlets,' and some pink champagne. I don’t often date a good-looking Englishman and the dinner’s going to live up to the occasion."
Meet Tiffany Case, a cold, gorgeous, devil-may-care blonde; the kind of girl you could get into a lot of trouble with—if you wanted. She stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa via London to the States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Bond is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter, the ice-maiden herself …
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