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Forever and a Day
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Penguin presents the audio edition of Forever and a Day, read by Matthew Goode.
A spy is dead. A legend is born.
This is how it all began.
The explosive James Bond thriller from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.
A British agent floats in the waters of the French Riviera, murdered by an unknown hand.
Determined to uncover the truth, James Bond enters a world of fast cars, grand casinos and luxury yachts. But beneath the glamour, he soon encounters a dangerous network of organised crime.
It's time for Bond to earn his licence to kill. He must find those responsible and unravel their devastating plan - before he becomes their next victim...
Discover the exhilarating prequel to Casino Royale.
Critic Reviews
"Exciting... 007 is back." (Daily Express)
"Evil villains, fast cars...and the story rips along." (Guardian)
"Tremendous fun... A first-class action writer." (Sunday Express)
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- Anonymous User
- 22-10-2023
Horowitz strikes again
Very entertaining read - enjoyed the impossibility of all the action . All the elements of a James Bond story !
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- Dot
- 14-09-2019
Poor James Bond.
Just made a 00 agent and losing his girl as well as becoming a murderer of a CIA agent?
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- Anonymous User
- 16-11-2019
AMAZING NARRATION.
While Bond books aren’t really my thing but this story is actually really engaging and enjoyable. Matthew Goode is a brilliant narrator complete with amazing accents and I really hope he does some more audiobooks. Would Recommend.
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- Tj
- 22-07-2021
Perfectly Written & Performed
If you're even the slightest fan of James Bond then you'll love this! Matthew Goode's performance is fantastic.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-03-2019
stunning narrator
Matthew Goode was brilliant he has the most beautiful voice. He had a wonderful range including accents
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- Peter Gray
- 30-06-2018
Fast-paced but read too fast
The story itself is excellent but the listener is left breathless by the speed at which the reader is reading. Although in time the listener adapts I almost gave up during the first couple of chapters.
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- Rhys Wilson
- 19-05-2020
Solid prequel to Casino Royale
The year if 1950 and British intelligence is worried about unusual activity in Marseille’s underworld so they send one of their elite agents to check it out, but 007 is murdered. His replacement? A young man named Bond. James Bond.
That’s the premise of Anthony Horowitz’s second James Bond novel ‘Forever and a Day’ which acts as a prequel to Ian Fleming’s ‘Casino Royale’ & it must have been a trepidatious task to explore the origins of James Bond - or not quite the origins per se but telling the story of Bond on his very first assignment after earning his 00 status. Having finished the book I’d say Mr. Horowitz succeeded for the most part - he has crafted a fun but mostly straightforward thriller with all the tropes you expect in your standard Bond novel.
Anthony Horowitz does a fine job capturing Ian Fleming’s style of storytelling & his James Bond is definitely a mixture of the literary Bond of Fleming’s novels & Sean Connery’s cinematic portrayal of the secret agent. What I appreciated most was that Horowitz didn’t try to ignore the dated facets of Bond’s personality (i.e. his misogyny, sexism & occasional racism) but rather embraced those facets full-on. Bond is a product of his time - especially in the timeline that Horowitz is playing in & thus the original incarnation of the character should not be shied away from.
If you’re for a Bond novel with all the classic elements that you’ve come to expect than look no further than Forever and a Day. You’ll get your action, your exotic locations, your colourful villain & the beautiful Bond girl (the Bond girl in this book named Sixtine is actually the most interesting character in the book & quite complex)
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- Alison Holding
- 09-06-2020
Love this book
I haven’t always like James Bond!
But Matthew Goode is truely talented, he knows how to do all the different voice of the characters so well, making this easy and enjoyable to listen too.
He has a wonderful voice for audiobooks and hope this is the first of many for Matthew Goode. Glad he reads this book as I know he is a big James Bond fan so I pray he reads others
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- Julie Marlow
- 22-09-2023
Fantastic prequel
Another awesome story from Anthony Horowitz. He was able to gauge the era of Bonds early days without being totally misogynistic!
He shows his moralistic side by righting wrongs. Great character development throughout. Superb 😊
I agree the speed of the narrator was quite fast but at 0.9 speed was easy to follow.
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- Ben K Lodhia
- 05-07-2021
Return to form.
Long time fan of Bond fiction and this story read like the old Bond novels of Fleming and Gardner. Recommended read for true fans.
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