Thunderball is the ninth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, and the eighth full-length Bond novel. It was first published in 1961. The first novelization of an unfilmed James Bond screenplay, it was born from a collaboration by five people: Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, Ivar Bryce, and Ernest Cuneo, although the controversial shared credit of Fleming, McClory and Whittingham was the result of a courtroom decision.The story centres on the theft of two atomic bombs by the crime syndicateSPECTREand the subsequent attempted blackmail of the Western powers for their return.
James Bond travels to theBahamasto work with his friendFelix Leiter from the CIA.Thunderballalso introduces SPECTRE's leaderErnst Stavro Blofeld, in the first of his three appearances in Bond novels.
| ISBN: | 9781479464289 |
| Publication date: | 19th October 2021 |
| Author: | Ian Fleming |
| Publisher: | Distributed By PublishDrive |
| Format: | Ebook |
Thunderball is the ninth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, and the eighth full-length Bond novel. It was first published in 1961.
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Thunderball was written by Ian Fleming and published by Distributed By PublishDrive
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