The New York Times
"Mr. Amis has now given Bond back to the readers."
The Observer (London)
"Vigorous, quite exciting. The action is quite well done."
New York Magazine
"Amis has all the ingredients for success: an exotic, troubled, international setting, a beautiful girl, frequent imbibings, and even more frequent killings."
The Daily Mirror
"An exciting, violent, sadistic and sexy piece of reading."
W. Life Magazine
"Colonel Sun is the kind of villain to make a Bondophile salivate."
Listener
[Fleming’s] inheritance has been well and aptly bestowed…Good dirty fun.”
Life
Colonel Sun Liang-tan…is the kind of villain to make a Bondophile salivate.”
New York Times
Mr. Amis has now given Bond back to the readers.”
Daily Mirror (London)
An exciting, violent, sadistic and sexy piece of reading matter.”
Daily Telegraph (London)
First class.”