“An ingenious affair, full of recondite knowledge and horrific spills and thrills.” —The Times
“The most forceful and driving writer.” —Raymond Chandler
“Maniacally readable.” —Observer
“Only Fleming could have got away with it…outrageously improbable, wickedly funny, wildly exciting.” —Manchester Evening News
“Our foremost literary magician.” —New York Herald Tribune
“One of the most cunningly synthesised heroes in crime-fiction.” —Maurice Richardson
“The espionage novel has been brought up to date by a superb practitioner of that nearly lost art: Ian Fleming.” —The Los Angeles Times
“Fleming is one of the most accomplished of thriller-writers.” —Listener
“Mr. Fleming is splendid; he stops at nothing.” —New Statesman
“A sensational imagination, but informed by style, zest and—above all—knowledge.” —Sunday Times
“Ian Fleming keeps you riveted. His narrative pulls with the smooth power of Bond’s Thunderbird.” —Sunday Telegraph
