Oddjob, acting as Goldfinger's caddy, appears at first not to know much of the game, standing on the green edge while the others are pinpointing the ball's location. When Goldfinger overshoots a hole, his ball lands in the rough. The pair play a high-stakes golf game with a recovered Nazi gold bar at stake. Returning to Great Britain, Bond is briefed on Goldfinger's smuggling pipeline and arranges to meet him socially at a country club.

When Bond regains consciousness, he finds Jill dead, covered in gold paint, having died from 'skin suffocation.' In reprisal, the bullion dealer's Korean manservant Oddjob knocks out Bond in his Miami hotel suite and murders Jill. He's an admirable manservant but mute.' ― Auric Goldfinger to James Bond Īfter catching Auric Goldfinger cheating at gin rummy, James Bond foils his scam by seducing his assistant, Jill Masterson, and blackmailing Goldfinger into losing the game. Moving from rebel battlefields in West Africa to the closed doors of intelligence offices in London and Washington, this novel is at once a gripping thriller, a tensely plotted story full of memorable characters and breathtaking twists, and a masterful study of power and how it’s wielded - a brilliant addition to the James Bond canon.' Oh, you must excuse Oddjob, Mr. The conspiracy extends further than Bond ever imagined, and only by crossing the Atlantic can he connect the dots between a dying African military leader, British and American intelligence forces, and a humanitarian aid group whose intentions are far from innocent. Bond escapes and returns home alive, but as he pieces together the real story behind the violence in Voltazia, he knows his life is in danger. The beautiful and brilliant Ellie Ogilvy-Grant, his intelligence liaison on the ground, seems to be Bond’s best weapon - until the two are captured by rebel forces and her allegiances become unclear.

His landing in Voltazia begins a feverish mission to discover the forces behind this brutal war - and Bond realizes the situation is far from straightforward. Bond senses that he’s not getting the full story about Britain’s interest in the outcome. Voltazia, a troubled West African nation, is being wracked by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to squash the rebel forces threatening the established regime. It’s 1969, and, just having celebrated his 45th birthday, British agent James Bond - 007 - is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual mission.

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