Man with the Golden Gun

The Man with the Golden Gun is the twelfth and final novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published in 1965, eight months after the author's death. The novel was not as detailed or polished as the others in the series, leading to poor but polite reviews. Despite that, the book was a best-seller.The story centres on the fictional BritishSecret ServiceoperativeJames Bond, who had been posted missing, presumed dead, afterhis last mission in Japan. Bond returns to Britain via theSoviet Union, where he had beenbrainwashedto attempt to assassinate his superior,M. After being 'cured' by the MI6 doctors, Bond is sent to the Caribbean to find and killFrancisco Scaramanga, the titular 'Man with the Golden Gun.'