Thanks for the excellent synopsis. I must get around to reading all the works one of these days...
Books very enjoyable, when i was a kid read Len Deighton,John Le Carre etc.Pure escapism kids would not enjoy them now different generation..
If you have seen the Bond movies books possibly might be a let down nothing like the later movies.
Casino Royale,Dr No,From Russia with love and Goldfinger you might enjoy after that Bond was really just a trademark name movie went with the times,think Roger Moore during the disco and Star Wars era and now Bond during the Bourne style era,gritty and violent..