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The Living Daylights

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There's nothing like a good spy thriller to get your imagination running wild. And perhaps no one was better able to give his readers such a trip as the legendary Ian Fleming. Indeed, the titular hero of his James Bond series of books started out as an intentionally flat character, someone onto whom readers could project a more complex identity. Fleming said of his work, "while thrillers may not be Literature with a capital L, it is possible to write what I can best describe as 'thrillers designed to be read as literature'". He named Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene as influences. Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two works of non-fiction. In 2008, The Times ranked Fleming 14th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Living Daylights is set in Cold War Berlin. Bond is sent to neutralize a KGB marksman called "Trigger", who will try to gun down an escaping allied agent when he attempts to cross over to the West from East Berlin. In the course of the three-day stakeout, James Bond becomes infatuated with a tall, blond girl who, as part of an all-woman orchestra, carries a cello case in and out of the building where the KGB marksman is posted. The climax of the story is skillfully depicted. The agent successfully escapes, the true identity of the KGB marksman is revealed, and Bond, just for once, partially misses the shot for which he has so assiduously prepared. Listen online to free English audiobook "The Living Daylights” on our website to experience Ian Fleming's short story.

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