Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on March 26, 1956. Download high resolution version (423x648, 33 KB)A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition This image is a book cover. ... It has been suggested that Penguin Modern Poets, Penguin Great Ideas be merged into this article or section. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. ... In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... The spy fiction genre (sometimes called political thriller) first arose just before the First World War, at about the same time, the first organized intelligence agencies were being formed. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Jonathan Cape has been since 1987 an imprint of Random House. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... ISBN-13 represented as EAN-13 bar code (in this case ISBN 978-3-16-148410-0) The International Standard Book Number, ISBN, is a unique[1] commercial book identifier barcode. ... Moonraker is the third James Bond novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition From Russia with Love, published in 1957, is the fifth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Jonathan Cape has been since 1987 an imprint of Random House. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1955 in literature, other events of 1956, 1957 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

In 1971 it became the seventh film in the EON Productions film franchise and the last film in that series to star Sean Connery as James Bond. It was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. See also: 1970 in film 1971 1972 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 8 - Bob Dylans hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... Diamonds Are Forever is the 7th film in the James Bond series and the sixth and final to star Sean Connery as MI6 agent after his absence from the previous Bond film On Her Majestys Secret Service starring George Lazenby in the lead role as secret agent James Bond. ... EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ... Albert Romolo Broccoli, CBE (Hon) (April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996) nicknamed Cubby, was an American film producer who produced more than 40 movies, most of them produced in the United Kingdom, and often filmed at Pinewood Studios. ... Harry Saltzman (October 27, 1915 - September 28, 1994) was a film producer best known for co-producing the James Bond film series with Albert R. Broccoli until selling his share of the franchise to United Artists in 1975. ...

Plot summary

1962 Pan Books printing.

1964 Pan Books printing.

The novel takes place just over two months from the end of Moonraker, which ended with James Bond taking a short holiday in France to recover from injuries received on that assignment. When Diamonds Are Forever begins, M, acting on information received from Special Branch, tasks Bond to infiltrate a smuggling ring, which is running diamonds from African mines to the United States. Bond's job is to travel down the "pipeline" as far as he can and find out who is behind it all. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1961 Pan Books edition of Ian Flemings James Bond novel Goldfinger is an example of the type of publication for which Pan Books became popular. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (538x832, 76 KB)James Bond 007 - Diamonds Are Forever © 1964 Pan Books (paperback). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (538x832, 76 KB)James Bond 007 - Diamonds Are Forever © 1964 Pan Books (paperback). ... 1961 Pan Books edition of Ian Flemings James Bond novel Goldfinger is an example of the type of publication for which Pan Books became popular. ... Moonraker is the third James Bond novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series. ... M is a fictional character in Ian Flemings James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. ... Special Branch is the arm of the British, Irish and many Commonwealth police forces that deals with national security matters. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

Under the name of Peter Franks, a petty crook already known as a diamond smuggler, he meets a mysterious "go-between" named Tiffany Case, with whom he eventually falls in love. Bond discovers that the smuggling ring is operated by a ruthless American gang called "The Spangled Mob", which is run by the brothers Jack Spang and Seraffimo Spang. Also part of the Spangled Mob are the 'torpedoes' Wint and Kidd who, along with Tiffany and certain parts of how the smuggling pipeline works, are the only things retained for the film. Tiffany Case is a fictional character in the James Bond novel and film Diamonds Are Forever. ... Mr. ...

As Bond learns, the pipeline begins in Africa where a dentist would pay miners to smuggle diamonds in their mouth which the dentist would extract during a routine appointment. From there the dentist would take the diamonds and rendezvous with a German pilot who would transport the diamonds to London via helicopter. In London, Tiffany would get an assignment from a contact only known as ABC, she would then meet with "the hire" (in this case, Bond masquerading as Peter Franks) and explain to that person how to smuggle the diamonds to New York City. The pipeline ends in Las Vegas where Seraffimo Spang owns the Tiara hotel and a ghost town that headquarters the Spangled Mob, named "Spectreville" (Spectreville actually has no connection whatsoever to Bond's nemesis SPECTRE, which appears later in Thunderball and is established at the start of the James Bond film series in Dr. No). New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Spectre, taken from the Battle for Wesnoth computer game. ... Thunderball is the ninth novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ...

Felix Leiter plays a major part in the story, assisting Bond with inside information on crooked horse racing. They find that they are both investigating the same people. Leiter has left the CIA due to injuries sustained in Live and Let Die and is working for Pinkerton's as a private detective. Felix Leiter is a fictional character created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond series of novels and films. ... Live and Let Die is the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, first published in 1954. ... Pinkerton guards escort strikebreakers in Buchtel, Ohio, 1884 The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was a private U.S. security guard and detective agency established by Allan Pinkerton in 1850. ...

But Spang suspects that Bond may be a 'plant' and has him captured and tortured. He escapes with the assistance of Tiffany and Leiter. The diamond pipeline is destroyed.

Differences from Movie

• The novel did not feature SPECTRE or Blofeld. The villains were the Spang brothers, Jack and Seraphimo, who headed The Spangled Mob (a crime syndicate also mentioned in Fleming's Goldfinger, but which hasn't yet made it into the movies).
• The book was a relatively straightforward diamond smuggling story, with no outer space elements such as figured in the movie.
• Wint and Kidd used the aliases Winter and Kitteridge in the book, and also are not referred to as 'Mister' (at all) as is characteristic of their interaction in the film.
• Wint and Kidd are merely suspected of being homosexuals in the novel. This is much more overtly depicted in the film.
• Mr Wint's patholgical fear of flying from the book is absent (they are seen quite happily on a plane), though after blowing up a helicopter they do share a joke about "If God had meant man to fly..."
• When Wint and Kidd were killed on the ocean liner in the book, they were simply shot.
• In the book, Tiffany was a blonde. In the movie, she has red hair (though she wore blonde and brunette wigs and mentioned owning a black one).
• The mud bath happened to Bond in the middle of the book, not to Blofeld's stooges at the beginning.
• The dentist wasn't killed by Wint and Kidd in the book (he merely crushed a scorpion), he was killed by Jack Spang at the end.
• Wint and Kidd didn't kill Shady Tree in the book.

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Comic strip adaptation

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Fleming's original novel was adapted as a daily comic strip which was published in the British Daily Express newspaper and syndicated around the world. The adaptation ran from August 10, 1959 to January 30, 1960. The adaptation was written by Henry Gammidge and illustrated by John McLusky. The James Bond 007 Fan Club published a reprint of the strip in 1981. Diamonds Are Forever was published again in 2005 as part of the Dr. No anthology by Titan Books. Starting in 1958 and continuing to 1983, James Bond, the fictional character created by author Ian Fleming appeared in 52 comic strips that were syndicated in British newspapers, 7 of which were initially published abroad. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... For other uses, see Daily Express (disambiguation). ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John McLusky, born the son of creole lesbians, lived a life of prostitution and debauchery. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Dr. No can refer to a number of things Dr. No (novel), the 1958 novel by Ian Fleming on his inspirational character James Bond Dr. No (film), the first James Bond film, starring Sean Connery. ... Titan Books is a UK publisher of graphic novels. ...

Related works

Diamond smuggling was a topic of great interest to author Ian Fleming. In 1957 Fleming wrote a non-fiction book on the subject, titled The Diamond Smugglers, which was published in the same format as his Bond novels and, as a result, is often erroneously listed as Bond book. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ... 1964 Pan Books edition. ...

Additionally, an aborted commissioned novel, Per Fine Ounce by author Geoffrey Jenkins was to be the first James Bond continuation novel. Claims have been made, notably by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson in their book The Bond Files, that the subject of the book dealt with diamond smuggling. The book was completed circa 1966, but was never published. Per Fine Ounce is the title of an unpublished novel by Geoffrey Jenkins featuring Ian Flemings superspy James Bond. ... Geoffrey Jenkins (1920-2001) was a South African novelist born in Port Elizabeth where he wrote his first novel by the age of seventeen. ... Andy Lane is a British writer. ... Paul Simpson is a musician, vocalist, lyricist and writer from Liverpool, England. ... See also: 1965 in literature, other events of 1966, 1967 in literature, list of years in literature. ...