FOREVER AND A DAY

Which seems like a spectacularly bad policy, but then I am not a famous fictional spymaster. Horowitz has, though, come up with an excellent villain: It is all mine! Happily, this gives them a chance to meet again later, when the villain literally says: Horowitz is good at action scenes, which he helps along with emotive adjectives: As with his previous Bond effort, Trigger Mortis , Horowitz was given some original material by the Fleming estate: Helpfully, Horowitz in his acknowledgments points out which chapter uses this stuff, and it turns out to be an excellent little yarn that Bond tells Sixtine about a previous adventure he had had at the same casino.

After his first clumsy pass at her, she schools him thus: Sixtine even asks him whether he might be a psychopath. Inevitably, the prose throughout is more verbose and cliched than the brutal efficiencies of Fleming, but Forever and a Day is still an enjoyably compact thriller, with an absolutely killer last line.

Scattered throughout the book, too, are some pleasingly echt Bond moments, as when he tells one of his captors: Topics Ian Fleming Book of the day. Hardcover , pages. James Bond - Extended Series To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

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To ask other readers questions about Forever and a Day , please sign up. I haven't ever read a James Bond book but have seen the films and like Anthony Horowitz so am very intrigued by this. Can this be the first Bond book I ever read? Mark Yes you can read the series in any sequence you like, I do hope you enjoy the book. Do you have to watch the James Bond movies before reading the books? C This is a "prequel" sort of story Bond gets his rating in this story, so unless you want to picture Sean Connery in your mind as you read, …more This is a "prequel" sort of story Bond gets his rating in this story, so unless you want to picture Sean Connery in your mind as you read, seeing the movies isn't important.

I will add that the audiobook of this title is fantastic See 2 questions about Forever and a Day…. Lists with This Book. Jun 23, Karl rated it really liked it Shelves: After a trial test run in Stockholm for Mr. He lets Bond U. He lets Bond choose his own number, and Bond chooses as a tribute to his predecessor who had died in France.

Soon he meets a femme who may or may not be fatale. Her name is Sixtine. When Bond orders them drinks, Sixteen prefers her martini shaken and not stirred, he notes.

Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz review – a prequel to Casino Royale

Once again the Fleming Estate has bequeathed onto Mr. Horowitz some of Mr. Flemings original material which he incorporates into this book. This book is no exception. Our villain is named Scipio I christened him sippie-cup as I was reading a super-rich, super-evil drug lord who comes off to me rather cartoonish in his language and his henchmen. It is all mine! Overall the book is a quick and enjoyable read.

If a bit predictable. Certainly not an award winner by any stretch of the imagination, and I am most glad I read this installment. View all 8 comments. A young man named Bond. Bond finds himself trying to unravel a dastardly scheme as he encounters colorful characters like a morbidly obese Corsican mob leader, a wealthy American businessman, and beautiful ex-British agent who has become a major player by running her own freelance espionage business.

Along the way Bond does a little gambling while wearing a tuxedo, drinks some martinis, has a bunch of sex, and kills some people. So Bond got a pretty good idea of what his job would be like early on. As in Trigger Mortis he cleverly skirts the problem of Bond coming across as a dated jerk by leaning into it and actually having Bond be a dated jerk in many ways. Nov 27, Marialyce rated it really liked it Shelves: Are you ready for Agent to begin? I know I was and having Anthony Horowitz pick up the reins from Ian Fleming made me wonder and look forward to how this author would handle the task.

Needless to say having read Mr Horowitz before, I knew it was going to be a great story and I am happy to report I wasn't wrong! We are presented with the beginnings of James Bond, , a prequel, and his license to kill. After the first Agent is brutally murdered, James assumes his moniker and is off on Are you ready for Agent to begin? After the first Agent is brutally murdered, James assumes his moniker and is off on an adventure where he enters a world of gambling, of huge riches, of drugs, of murder, death and destruction. Is there a beautiful woman?

James is charged with tracking down the murderer of the former Agent and in pursuit of said killer, we meet a cast of dastardly villains including one who is enormously fat and vile. There are other bad guys afoot including very wealthy man who has a ghastly plan for America. The fun and action take us into France, into the casinos, and aboard a luxury vessel where James and his beautiful accomplice Sixtine battle for their lives.

Will James prevail with everything working against him? Will he survive long enough to live another day as well as enjoy his martini shaken not stirred? All will be answered in this quick moving, page turning book. I recommend it most highly and as I read I kept on hearing both the music and the "My name is Bond, James Bond" playing in my head, as well as having Sean Connery parading through the pages.

Keep em coming please, Mr Horowitz! Thanks to my local library for this one! My reviews can be seen here: View all 17 comments. Oct 10, Stephen Robert Collins rated it it was amazing. This set before Casino Royal so Has to be Sean. AH Knows what he is doing much like his Holmes.

This set in the early 50s when spy stories were good not like today. This almost a classic style if love the Bond books this great but If your movie fan then books are not that Goodness the daft movies. Here we learn how old Bond is in he is 30 which would make him 97 today so Is Daniel Craig on monkey glads? Creasod from Monty Python and his waffer thin mint. The size of three Peter Griffin's from Family Guy stuffed into one. The books are different, my first Bond was The Man with the Golden Gun way back in s just before Christopher Lee played him for me it was race to read it before I sore the movie.

But This was my discovery that Fleming new sod all about guns a gun made of soled gold as it was in the book would blown your hand off I remember this because Gun smith friend of the family in s though was funniest comedy he had ever read. That is why In the move it is air gun.

But Get back to this Bond its set in French Riviera looking for sexy Madam 16 a hot killer that no one has new photo of. I am not much of a gambler person I have played pocker but Only with exta stong mints as chips which we keeped eating. I rather get a thrill from sex. You never do that today. I was surprised as he could have used a boat. Well if that fucking stupid sod them. View all 3 comments. Jun 03, Bill Lynas rated it it was amazing.

When it comes to novels, excluding Ian Fleming of course, I am a fairly harsh critic. So I am very pleased that I enjoyed this novel so much. Well done to publishers Jonathan Cape for adding this lovely touch. Anyway, onto the book itself While Anthony Horowitz may not give us the immense detail that Ian Flemin When it comes to novels, excluding Ian Fleming of course, I am a fairly harsh critic.

Of course, as Horowitz point out in his acknowledgements at the end of the book, some elements were taken from a television story outline that Fleming never used. That aside, Horowitz does a superb job in bring a 's set Bond adventure to life. The author is such a huge bond fan that he even makes a reference of Shame Lady. For the answer see his acknowledgements at the end of the novel. However, Horowitz does not thankfully fall into the trap that many other Bond authors have by filling the novel with endless in jokes that become irritating.

This is a book that deserves a huge amount of praise. I do have one very small criticism though. The villain's plan which I will not give away! Perhaps the author used it subconsciously, but I did find it spoilt though only slghtly an otherwise perfect novel. So what do we end up with? Nov 25, Monnie rated it it was amazing.

The late Ian Fleming's James Bond novels are among my all-time favorite books - and have the distinction of being the only books I've read more than once for the record, the same is true for the Bond motion pictures. So when the first of the "new" Bond books by Anthony Horowitz, Trigger Mortis, was released in , I was more than a little apprehensive.

But that one came through with flying British colors, earning a 5-star rating from me. Apparently, Fleming's estate agreed; he was asked to w The late Ian Fleming's James Bond novels are among my all-time favorite books - and have the distinction of being the only books I've read more than once for the record, the same is true for the Bond motion pictures. Apparently, Fleming's estate agreed; he was asked to write another - this one - and by golly, I like it even better than the first.

In a different sense, this one is the first; it takes place as Bond has been called up from the ranks to replace the former , who's been killed in the line of duty. When asked by chief M what number he preferred, he responded that keeping the would, among other things, send a message to the enemies that the British service might be down, but never out.

Bond's first assignment, however, will put that message to the test. Not knowing exactly what lies ahead, Bond is looking forward to earning his license to kill; he's headed for the south of France, where his predecessor was shot three times definitely overkill while investigating the Corsican underworld and super-corpulent bad guy Jean-Paul Scipio. Known for their abundant profits by manufacturing and distributing quality heroin, it's a puzzlement as to why the Corsicans suddenly brought that activity to a screeching halt.

Add in the intrigue of a beautiful former agent who seems to have gone rogue, and Bond has his work cut out for him well before he leaves England.

He also learns that the gorgeous femme fatale is now involved with Irwin Wolfe, a beyond wealthy businessman who's making a killing no pun intended in the manufacture of color film for the motion picture industry as an aside, one of the interesting parts of this novel is the time setting - not long after World War II and long before the Digital Age we've all come to know and love.

It wouldn't be a Bond novel, of course, if Bond himself didn't narrowly escape mortal danger at least once and since we all know he made it well past the initial license-to-kill stage, it's not a spoiler to say he doesn't get bumped off in this one. He does get roughed up now and again - and again and again - as he pits his many skills against everything from a high-stakes casino blackjack game to the wiles of a clever but possibly deceitful woman to several unscrupulous bad guys.

It's all a high-stakes game that Bond is intent on winning - and for readers, a delightful prequel to what's already come. Jun 09, Roy rated it liked it. I wasnt overly fond of the previous Bond novel by Horowitz but I love Bond so thought I'd give this a go.

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It was one of those pretty decent reads. The typical Bond stuff, with good Villains and plotting but not something overly original. The plot at times plodded which didnt help that the novel was short. It really did feel like a novella of sorts. Solid short read with a pretty average plot. Would have helped if it was fleshed out more.

Jul 02, Sylvie rated it liked it Shelves: Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz 3. One of the main reasons I started reading James Bond novels besides the films was because of my brother, which I'm greatful for. Since I'm more into Young Adult and he's more into mature novels I somehow always found pleasure in reading James Bond novels despite them being more vague, mature and much complicated than the books I ususally prefer to read.

What do you think? The first is that I knew Richard Blakeney. The man who used to carry that Double-0 number. You can take one of us down but it changes nothing. Before there was the famous James Bond that we all know and love, in the beginning of this book there was just James Bond, a field agent who was groomed to take up on a status, for which the initiation to the prefix is two perform to official assassinations - Both of his victims were enemies of the Great Britain.

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Commander James Bond has completed his second "official" kill and is now planning revenge on behalf of Her Majesty's government - but this time with a knife at close range. A double agent who worked for the Nazis. Only after completing this mission he is promoted to the Double-0 Division as an agent with a license to kill.

He's now given the mission to find out and possibly kill whoever murdered the former As the story begins the man who used to formerly hold the codenumber is killed and Her Majesty's Secret Service is looking for someone who can replace him.

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Just as Bond succeeds in delivering his objectives to the finishing point, he was seen as the eligible man to take over the position of his deceased colleague and be assigned to the case the latter was working on. This was my first James Bond novel by Anthony Horowitz, while I merely enjoyed this book I can never compare this to Ian Fleming's books, Ian's books have a very unique style of writing. Compared to Fleming's efforts, Anthony's narrative felt very simplistic and easygoing.

However the author tried to stay as true as possible to Ian's novels. The story itself isn't too action-heavy, nor it relies on the suspense to narrate itself, rather being calmer and quieter than the general Fleming-crafted James Bond thriller. The dialogues were well written; the background information is described in detail, without delving deep into the blueprint. An exciting narrative, rich with all sorts of not so easy-to-anticipate surprises. For the original Bond fans this is certainly an interesting book and for newcomers a very good start, because chronologically this is the "first" Bond novel if you discount the Young Bond books, of course.

The story has the classic ingredients for a adventure: In conclusion I can't say I loved this book or it was a perfection due to a few existing dull moments prolonging the endgame here and there, but then again this had been Bond's very first mission as a double-O agent so I can't really blame them for not being as exciting or epic as the others, since that would undo the message it's supposed to deliver and act inconsistently to the plot of 'Casino Royale'. Jul 29, Scott rated it really liked it Shelves: My goal is to read and review each one in chronological order as much as possible with as much honesty and reflection that I can give.

Horowitz was given some original source material by the Fleming estate - an outline for a TV series that was never made — to use in the book. Plotline — Two words: The prequel starts off with the current agent turning up dead — shot three times and left floating in the waters of the French Rivera. Thoughts and Reflections — There are a several reasons I absolutely love about this book. And it seems a bit strange to start off re-reading all of the James Bond books without starting with the master and creator himself, Ian Fleming.

Still, in my opinion, Horowitz does a lot of good things well.

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First, with this being a prequel, Horowitz presents a younger version of James, where he is physically strong, but still learning and developing into the experienced and savvy agent that he will one day become. This James made mistakes during the mission, some of them costly and deadly. Still, he was an authentic human that was learning to use his brain rather than just rely on instincts.

As much as I want my Bond to do things that seem impossible, they still need to be based in a realistic world. Second, Horowitz creates a cast of characters that as close to the ones in Flemings books that I have seen in a quite a while. Each of them had a background, uniqueness of character, and especially Sixtine — she captured a special place in my heart. She is not just pretty woman who falls into James arms because he walks into the room. Rather she challenges and strengthens him.

Third, Horowitz creates a strong plot and pacing to match. Writing a Bond novel must be one of the toughest challenges a writer can face. Stepping into an established world where expectations are high and the ways to fail are many, seems like an unbelievable task to willingly take on. However, I was very surprised at how well Horowitz delivered on this absolutely key element.

The setting in is in the early fifties, before the modern-day technology that exists today, but he keeps the plot focused, moving, and tied together throughout the story. One scene especially involving heroin was especially well written and presented in such a raw and personal way that the memories will be ingrained in my mind for quite a while.

Overall — First of all, let me be absolutely clear. Ian Fleming is the king when it comes to James Bond and everyone pales in comparison. The good things heavily outweigh the few cliched clunkers. My advice is, if you like your James Bond authentic, gritty, and realistic, give this one a try. It will be worth it. View all 4 comments. The book predates James Bond being given his double-O permission to kill status.

Strong beginning with the death of previous turning up dead in the French Riviera but we don't know that right away , shot three times and left floating in the water. M wants retribution, promoting then Commander Bond, and sending him off to find the guilty party or parties. He immediately tangles with the local CIA man, gets involved with Madame Sixtine a free agent, entrepreneur , and a great villain, Cors The book predates James Bond being given his double-O permission to kill status. He immediately tangles with the local CIA man, gets involved with Madame Sixtine a free agent, entrepreneur , and a great villain, Corsican drug king, Jean-Paul Scipio, an enormously obese sadist.

Bond narrowly escapes an acid bath, and ends up being injected with heroin on the maiden voyage of a transatlantic voyage with a boat full of contraband. Interesting to see a younger, less self-certain Bond character. Nov 19, Lyn Elliott rated it liked it Shelves: Horowitz makes no bones about it - Bond is a cold-blooded murderer and a psychopath.

The glamour that skimmed over this nasty, central fact in the films especially, appears tacky here, adopted as part of the packaging for the central characters - Bond himself and Sixtine, the ruthless female lead, inevitably seduced some might say raped by Bond.

The plot was interesting enough to hold me without skipping, but I think this is the last time I will visit Bond territory, which I loved in my teens an Horowitz makes no bones about it - Bond is a cold-blooded murderer and a psychopath. The plot was interesting enough to hold me without skipping, but I think this is the last time I will visit Bond territory, which I loved in my teens and 20s.

Just briljant, go and read. Thats all I can say. Its really really good! Nov 24, Kathy rated it liked it Shelves: The book is successful in achieving its goal but I am taking the ride no further. Stepping out at the intersection of cheesy seduction methods and my own demand and preference for reality. I actually never read any of the original Bond books and never got through one of the old movies.

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It seems a bit odd for him to hit it off with a CIA agent he catches casing the apartment of the dead agent, but his presence serves as rescue later on when they decide to join forces. I have a big pile of very appealing books I know I will like cover to cover, so thanks to Horowitz for being faithful to the original vision of agent But that version is not a man I want to know any more of, with the grabbing and pulling and pressing of his female prey. Circling back to confess that I read the final chapter to see if it all ended as I suspected it would.