The light nudge at his ankle wakes Bond. He doesn't move. His senses come to life like an animal's. . . .
What has woken him? The spectral eye of the nightlight casts its deep velvet sheen over the little room. No sound comes from the upper bunk. By the window, Captain Nash sits in his place, his book open on his lap, a flicker of moonlight from the edge of the blind showing white on the double page.
Robert Whitfield delivers an entertaining performance of one of Fleming's best 007 novels. Using a rich palette of international voices and accents, Whitfield takes an engaging story and infuses it with the additional drama that only a fine actor can provide. His deadpan delivery of the cliff-hanger ending makes the listener hope that Blackstone's next Fleming release will be Dr. No, the follow-up to this 1957 novel. The recording quality is good, although there are some minor volume fluctuations, and the tape breaks are poorly planned. But these quibbles do not detract from the overall high quality. G.M.N. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), creator of the world's best-known secret agent, was born in London and educated at Eton and Sandhurst. In 1929, he became the Reuters Moscow correspondent. Much of the James Bond material was drawn directly from Fleming's experiences as an intelligence officer.
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