Colonel Sun

"Colonel Sun" is far and away the best Bond novel written by a Fleming successor (a distant second would be Christopher Wood's surprisingly tense novelization of his "Spy Who Loved Me" script).Kingsley Amis, who proved his knowledge of Fleming's writing in "The James Bond Dossier," creates a novel that's actually better than a few Flemings titles. The plot is engrossing, the villain is superb and after you read the torture sequence you'll never look at a screwdriver the same way again. Pure Bond greatness that deserves a wider readership. I hope Penguin adds it to its marvelous trade paperbacks, but I doubt it will happen.

It's even better than all of Ian Fleming's 007 novels.

I have just finished this book and I experienced the same thing as when I read Fleming himself. Amis has been able to do what none of the other Bond writers (Gardner, Benson) can even come close to doing. Very Fleming-esque and very true to the original formula of a Bond story. I really enjoyed it and highly agree with the other reviewers. Kingsley Amis was the true successor to Fleming. If only he'd written more like this...

ONE HELL OF A READ, LIKE MANY OTHERS I DISCOVERED THIS BOOK AFTER STARTING GARDNERS CYCLE AND IT WAS AS IF AN OLD FRIEND HAD REAPPEARED. SUPERIOR PLOT STYLE, CHARACTERS. FIND IT AT ALL COSTS!