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Plot Summary of Nobody Lives Forever
"SMERSH has tried and failed.
SPECTRE has tried and failed.
The world's most powerful crime lords have all attempted to kill James Bond Agent 007... none have succeeded.

Until now.

It begins with Bond going on vacation on the European Continent, but when sudden death seems to follow him at every turn, Bond suspects foul play, but he has no idea at the horrifying extent of his ordeal. SPECTRE has returned and it's leader Tamil Rahini is dying. He has one last wish: The head of James Bond on a silver platter. He organizes a "Head Hunt" where any criminal organization in the world is eligible. The prize? 10 million Swiss Marks. The object: present James Bond's head to SPECTRE before he dies.

But they've underestimated just how far Bond is willing to go to keep his head: To get a chance at Rahini he'll have to survive a fiendish encounter with a Nazi war Criminal, the return of his old foes SMERSH, an attack by an infected vampire bat, a pair of sexy bodyguards, a climatic showdown before Madame Guillotine, and of course, the threat of constant betrayal by his friends at every turn. "

James Bond OHMSS, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Nobody Lives Forever
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - game where people hunted
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - generic terrorists

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - spy
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - mastermind
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - physically sick

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Europe Yes
European country: - France - Switzerland

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 5-7
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death - hanging - flamed - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals) - exploded into bits
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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