Trigger Mortis: With Original Material by Ian Fleming (James Bond) Hardcover – September 8, 2015
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Review
“The heart of any good thriller is the plot, and…Horowitz doesn’t disappoint. The action moves with high velocity…. Also stays true to the Bond of Fleming’s books.” (New York Times Book Review)
“As Bond-villain plots go, this is a clever one…. There are more than enough pleasures for even the strictest Bond aficionado in Trigger Mortis.… The book barely puts a foot wrong…” (Wall Street Journal)
“Great fun…[for] readers who can’t get enough of James Bond at his coolest and suave-est.” (Seattle Times)
“Horowitz…delivers the tersely precise prose that makes Bond so compelling, but more than that, he also supplies touches of Fleming’s cruel poetry…. A brisk and effective ride.” (The Guardian)
“Horowitz has written a humdinger of a Bond story, so cunningly crafted and thrillingly paced that 007’s creator would have been happy to have owned it…from his brilliant first chapter on, Horowitz is a pitch-perfect mimic of the Fleming one-line punch….He even gets the clichés spot on.” (Simon Schama, Financial Times)
“In Horowitz’s expert and mischievous hands, Bond hasn’t been scolded into becoming all things to all people. Instead, he’s still Bond, James Bond, license to do what he damn well likes.… Brilliant.… Thank goodness Mr. Horowitz has delivered us a great new story.” (Matthew Dunn, FoxNews.com)
“If Anthony Horowitz’s byline weren’t on the cover, readers could bring themselves to believe that the new James Bond thriller actually came from the late Ian Fleming’s typewriter. Trigger Mortis fits seamlessly among the original Cold War-era gems…. Bona fide Bond in every way.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
“Impressive…. The sturdy plot involves a suitably diabolical and grandiose scheme. An excellent mimic of Fleming’s prose, Horowitz delivers an entertainment sure to please James Bond fans.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
“…promises to be the best Fleming homage yet.” (Publishers Weekly)
“A new James Bond novel shakes and stirs the notoriously anachronistic superspy.” (Advocate.com)
“It’s quickly apparent that Horowitz is doing something both clever and audacious…. Very much of its period…. A clever and enjoyable pastiche, which manages to press many of the buttons that were the purview of 007’s creator…. There will surely be an appetite for more outings à la Horowitz.” (The Independent (UK))
About the Author
Anthony Horowitz is the author of the international bestseller The House of Silk and the New York Times number one bestselling Alex Rider series for young adults. As a television screenwriter, he created Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA-winning Foyle's War, both of which were featured on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery. He regularly contributes to a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines, and in January 2014 was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to literature. He lives in London.
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Trigger Mortis is the most ‘authentic’ Bond novel since the passing of his creator in 1964. This is not because of the plot – which is typical of the series – but in the way the book captures the unique cadence and tone of Fleming’s writing. It is uncanny how close the language feels to the original books. This tonal quality enables us to get a sense of Bond’s character, which has been missing in the books by previous Bond writers.
Horowitz understands that to bring Bond to life, it is not necessary to articulate his interior world or to psychoanalyze him. This is because Bond’s essential character is indistinct and opaque, and cannot be pinned down. He is certainly a courageous man, and embodies a sort of brutal nobility, and his tastes verge on the effete. But beyond that, he is a mystery. Indeed, this is the paradox – we can know a lot about Bond, but not truly know him (as the women in his life understand too well). Fleming designed him this way in order that readers can project themselves into the role of the hero. Indeed, that’s what makes Bond so addictive – because a part of us, as a reader, becomes Bond.
Which brings us back to Trigger Mortis. This Cold War tale propels us into a black and white world where the baddies are clearly defined (so different to today). Hence, a sense of nostalgia pervades the book. Bond is in his prime, and navigates through the perils of car racing, SMERSH agents, and a nuclear tipped nemesis. In other words, the plot is typical Bond.
More importantly, however, is that by accurately recreating the tone of the original Bond novels, Horowitz has made it easier for us to ‘feel’ Bond again. Indeed, it is difficult – nay impossible – to tell the section of the book that was written and inspired by Fleming himself.
Of all the recent incarnations, Anthony Horowitz’ take on James Bond, Trigger Mortis (2015) is the closest to the original Fleming novels, in style, content and delivery.
Even if you only have a passing interest in the Bond canon, publicity should have alerted you to the fact that Horowitz has set the story in 1957, a couple of weeks after Goldfinger, and at the beginning of the book he’s entertaining Pussy Galore in his London flat. Then he gets the summons from M – the Soviets are intent on sabotaging the British contender in a Grand Prix motor race in Germany. In the process of countering this threat, Bond stumbles upon an intriguing connection between Soviet general Gaspanov and a Korean millionaire, Sin Jai-Seong. That association sets alarm bells ringing and he decides to investigate. The book blurb gives away too much plot.
All of the trademark ingredients are assembled – seamlessly: Sin, an unprepossessing villain, Jeopardy Lane, an ‘ugly-pretty’ female, an enemy castle to infiltrate, hairs-breadth escapes, the following of slim clues to the puzzle, the inevitable capture, a lengthy exposition by the villain, the fiendish choice of death allotted to Bond, and the ‘ticking-bomb’ final act.
Horowitz wanted to reference the earlier books rather than the films, obviously, and succeeds, even to the point of having his characters provide unbroken speech for a page or more, in the manner of Fleming. The settings are perhaps not as exotic, but hold the interest nevertheless: the Grand Prix racetrack, the American rocket launch site, and the subway system of New York.
The references to earlier Bond adventures – Dr No and Moonraker – are subtle, not even being named but alluded to at appropriate moments.
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