BOND on the ROCKS |
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| Author:
| Cook, Curtis |
| ISBN: | 978-1-320-60106-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | Blurb
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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No longer protected by copyright or coddled by Her Majesty's Secret Service, James Bond, free agent, confronts his most diabolical challenge of all time - everyday life. In Bond on the Rocks, Private Lies of Privatized Spies, James Bond leaves the imaginary realm of formulaic mass-market spy fiction to face the realities of the late 1990's as a jobless senior citizen in a world stumbling toward globalization, privatization and war. The cultural icon that role-modeled the behavior of...
More DescriptionNo longer protected by copyright or coddled by Her Majesty's Secret Service, James Bond, free agent, confronts his most diabolical challenge of all time - everyday life. In Bond on the Rocks, Private Lies of Privatized Spies, James Bond leaves the imaginary realm of formulaic mass-market spy fiction to face the realities of the late 1990's as a jobless senior citizen in a world stumbling toward globalization, privatization and war. The cultural icon that role-modeled the behavior of men for generations was pushed into retirement 20 years earlier by a feminist-led rebellion at Regents Park. He has blown through the personal fortune he accumulated as an irresistible and reckless super spy and is on the brink of losing his Chelsea flat to the bank. He is on the rocks. "Very sad, very troubling but actually very funny all at once. We witness the real-world frailties, humiliations, joys, quirks and anguish of human struggle that the mythical hero has always managed to keep off-camera." Bond's former colleague Mary Goodnight calls on him and discovers an appalling version of the man she had once served and loved. She connects him with the former 006, now CEO of a flourishing private corporation in the international security industry. Despite misgivings over loyalties and principles of private enterprise, Bond finds the incentives, perks and female staff highly appealing. He is dispatched to Saddam Hussein's Baghdad to locate a Russian physicist who absconded with plans for an advanced missile defense system. The physicist is an old-line Soviet-era Communist and declines lucrative offers to lure him to the West. With a major bonus at stake, Bond resorts to enhanced interrogation to uncover the missing plans - a bad move.Commercial sales restricted to Canada and other "life plus 50" Berne rule signatories.