Publisher Description
M thinks he has an easy case for 007. Exactly what's needed after his latest near-fatal encounter with SMERSH. However, arriving in Jamaica to look for a missing agent and his secretary, Bond learns that the reclusive Dr. Julius No could be connected with their disappearance. When Bond and the exotic Honeychile Rider are imprisoned on Dr. No's private island, they realize that his plans could threaten international security.
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“Dr. No is certainly one of the best James Bond novels. In terms of sheer excitement and thrills, it ranks very high. It also has a simple, direct plot, a very appealing heroine, and the best villain since Hugo Drax. It isn’t surprising that it was also chosen to be the first 007 film.”
—
Raymond Benson, author of High Time to Kill
About Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming was born in London in 1908. He was educated at Eton and worked as a journalist in Moscow and a banker and stockbroker in London before becoming personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War. He wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, at Goldeneye, his home in Jamaica, in 1952. Since then James Bond has gone on to become a global phenomenon.
About Hugh Quarshie
Hugh Quarshie has a long and distinguished television career that
encompasses Doctor Who, Holby City, Small Island, and White Heat
and the award-winning The Murder of
Stephen Lawrence. He has also appeared in the films Ghosted, Highlander, To Walk with Lions, and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
His theater credits include leading roles at the National Theatre, RSC, and
Manchester Royal Exchange.