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Book Review By James Bond OHMSS
Nobody Lives Forever by John Gardner

SMERSH has tried and failed.
SPECTRE has tried and failed.
The world's most powerful crime lords have all attempted to kill James Bond Agent 007... none have succeeded.

Until now.

It begins with Bond going on vacation on the European Continent, but when sudden death seems to follow him at every turn, Bond suspects foul play, but he has no idea at the horrifying extent of his ordeal. SPECTRE has returned and it's leader Tamil Rahini is dying. He has one last wish: The head of James Bond on a silver platter. He organizes a "Head Hunt" where any criminal organization in the world is eligible. The prize? 10 million Swiss Marks. The object: present James Bond's head to SPECTRE before he dies.

But they've underestimated just how far Bond is willing to go to keep his head: To get a chance at Rahini he'll have to survive a fiendish encounter with a Nazi war Criminal, the return of his old foes SMERSH, an attack by an infected vampire bat, a pair of sexy bodyguards, a climatic showdown before Madame Guillotine, and of course, the threat of constant betrayal by his friends at every turn.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Who's the terrorist enemy here?

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Europe Yes
European country: - France - Switzerland

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death - hanging - flamed - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals) - exploded into bits
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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