The Man With the
Golden Gun
1965
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Villain:  Scaramanga 

Girl:  Mary Goodnight 

Villain's Plot:  Organizing the underworld for various criminal ends. 

Main locations:  Jamaica 

Fleming pays off on the cliff-hanger from the previous book by having a brainwashed Bond turn up at M's office intending to kill him.  It's a great "pre-credits sequence" and is probably the highlight of the book.  Fleming died before he could finish the book and as a result it is a bit thin.  Strangely it remains one of my favourites.  Again, the movie and book share very little in common. 
 
 

 

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