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These are galley proofs of the sixth James Bond novel, written in early 1957 at Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. Fleming has made corrections throughout, as have his editors, which Fleming also responds to, as they bring the text into its final form. Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond discovers that all suspicious activity on the island leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands.
