Title: Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories
Author: Ian Fleming
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2008
304 pages
Audiobook
A little pulp adventure genre cotton candy rendered even fluffier by the brevity of the pieces. While the literary Bond is a more interior fellow than his film avatar, there's still not a lot going on here. The stories aren't that salacious, though some make reference to more provocative literature, such as a novel Bond reads, the cover of which features a woman bound to a bed. It's always hilarious to see how movies diverge from the story; here, the short story "Octopussy" bears no resemblance to the film of that name, though there is a Fabergé egg elsewhere in the collection.
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