The Man With the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming

Illustrated by Fay Dalton

Ian Fleming’s The Man with the Golden Gun sees the world’s greatest super spy tackle a deadly assassin. The latest adventure in the Folio Bond series is illustrated by Fay Dalton.

‘A gory, glittering saga … the James Bond spirit soars on.’

New York Times

The latest volume in the enormously popular Folio Bond collection is also the last full-length adventure for the world’s favourite super spy. Still reeling from the events in You Only Live Twice, Bond must eliminate a world-class assassin, the lethal ‘Pistols’ Scaramanga: a man as cold as the metal his gun is forged from. For The Man with the Golden Gun, Fay Dalton returns with her incomparable vision of Bond and his glamorous, deadly and action-packed world. This gorgeous edition features seven full-colour illustrations, a pictorial slipcase and a binding inspired by Bond’s own impeccable suits. The next adventure in the James Bond collection is an unmissable volume for fans and collectors alike.

PRODUCTION DETAILS

Bound in blocked cloth

Set in Miller Text with Folio Bold Condensed as display 

176 pages 

Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations 

Pictorial slipcase 

9˝ x 6¼˝

DEATH WEARS A GOLDEN MASK

‘“Mister, there’s something quite extra about the smell of death. Care to try it?” He held out the glittering gun as if he was offering James Bond a rose.’

from The Man with the Golden Gun

Captured by the KGB and brainwashed into making an assassination attempt on his own commander, James Bond is a shadow of his former self. However, M. is reluctant to consign Bond to the list of agents lost to enemy action. When his mind is set free of insidious Russian influences, Bond is sent after Francisco ‘Pistols’ Scaramanga, a lethal assassin with a penchant for flashy hardware: the former circus performer’s signature weapon is a gold-plated Colt .45. As the sadistic murderer responsible for the deaths of many of Bond’s fellow agents, Scaramanga must be put down like the animal he is – but the man is no fool. To get close to his target Bond must infiltrate Scaramanga’s closest confidants, or risk being on the end of a lethal golden bullet.

A FITTING END FOR A UNIQUE BRITISH HERO

Written while Fleming was very ill and published eight months after his death, The Man with the Golden Gun sees Bond once again faced with his own mortality; yet, being Bond, he faces the possibility of his own end head on, taking risks and repeatedly snatching victory from the jaws of certain death. Perhaps fittingly for the last Bond novel, Fleming sets this adventure in his beloved Jamaica. The lavish descriptions of exotic locations have always been one of the highlights of the series, and Fleming’s portrayal of Jamaica is especially evocative. The beachside bars, the dusty inland towns and the dangerous mangrove swamps are all alive with the hum of insects and the scent of rum. 

ABOUT IAN FLEMING

Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London in 1908. He was educated at Eton College and abroad in Germany and Austria. After working as a stockbroker he became the assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence in the Admiralty during the Second World War. In 1952 he wrote Casino Royale, the first of 14 James Bond titles, of which 30 million copies were sold during his lifetime. He was married to Ann Rothermere and together they had one son, Caspar. Fleming died in 1964.

ABOUT FAY DALTON

Fay Dalton is a London-based illustrator. She has a first-class degree in Illustration and was the winner of the 2010 Pickled Ink Award for illustration. Fay combines traditional drawing and painting methods with digital painting. She has also illustrated Casino Royale (2015), From Russia with Love (2016), Dr No (2017), Moonraker (2017), Goldfinger (2018), Diamonds Are Forever (2018), Thunderball (2019), Live and Let Die (2019), The Spy Who Loved Me (2020)  and You Only Live Twice (2021) for The Folio Society.