Goldfinger is the seventh novel and basis for the third Bond film (1964) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series and franchise. It was first published by the British publishers Jonathan Cape on March 23, 1959.
In 1964 it was adapted as the third film in the EON Productions James Bond series and was the third to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond. See Goldfinger for discussion of the film.
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Goldfinger is the seventh novel and basis for the third Bond film (1964) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series and franchise. It was first published by the British publishers Jonathan Cape on March 23, 1959.
In 1964 it was adapted as the third film in the EON Productions James Bond series and was the third to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond. See Goldfinger for discussion of the film.
The novel opens in a similar fashion to Moonraker with an acquaintance of Bond, Junius Du Pont (from Casino Royale), meeting him at a Miami airport and requesting that he observe a two-handed Canasta game between himself and the eponymous villain of the novel, Auric Goldfinger. Du Pont suspects Goldfinger of cheating, and offers to pay Bond to confirm his suspicions. It turns out that Goldfinger is indeed cheating, and Bond forces him to admit his guilt and pay back what he has unfairly won from Du Pont.
After Bond returns to London, he inquires into the background of...
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