In the movies, it’s like Bond is an assassin first and a spy second. In the novels, Bond obviously has a license to kill, but the action of the books usually comes from him doing a lot of spying, rather than killing. James Bond Doesn’t Actually Kill People Very Oftenīrandishing his gun all the time might be the zeitgeist image of James Bond, but all of that shooting of random henchmen is definitely more a movie (or videogame) thing. But, even if you’re up on all these movies, how’s your dossier on the literary James Bond? Here are seven facts about Bond books which - while easily verifiable - seem positively top secret. This weekend will see the debut of Spectre, the 24th “official” film starring the slick spy with the code name 007.
Like a bizarre anachronism created by a rift in time, the hard-living, woman-seducing, martini slugging James Bond endures somehow.
