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007 Books, by Anthony Horowitz

Jan 03, 20251 min
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Episode description

Jordan recommends some James Bond books to check out. 

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Transcript

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Welcome to the WBZ book Club. As a James Bond fan, there's sure some disappointment that the progress of the next movie is in limbo due to corporate infighting with Amazon and Barbara Broccoli. But there were always the Bond stories in book form, from an array of originally in Fleming classics to novels written by contemporary writers. And I want to recommend a trio of Bond novels written by Anthony Horowitz,

writer of the Alex Ryders series and much more. Three books, all of which take place in the nineteen fifties, closely linked to the Fleming era, with a young Bond reflecting on previous missions and taking on new Cold War challenges.

If you're going to read them, the three in order would be Trigger Mortis, a post Goldfinger saga, Forever in a Day, a prequel to Casino Royale, and the finale called with a Mind to Kill, featuring a brainwashed seven sent to assassinate the Secret Service Boss m. Anthony Horowitz is another fine writer who carries on the tradition that Ian Fleming started the book club. WBZ, Boston's news radio

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