Brokenclaw

James Bond (Original Series), Book 10

By: John Gardner

Narrated by: Simon Vance

On holiday in Victoria, British Columbia, Bond becomes by intrigued Lee Fu-Chu, a half-Blackfoot, half-Chinese philanthropist who is known as "Brokenclaw" because of a deformed hand.

On his return to the UK Bond is tasked to investigate the kidnapping of several scientists who have been working on a new submarine detection system. It becomes clear that Brokenclaw is behind the kidnapping and worse, he has a devastating plan to cause economic meltdown through the collapse of the dollar.

Bond has no choice but to enter his lair....

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Enjoying my time in the gardner years

So I pretty much stopped reading bond shortly after the Flemming books and have only recently starting in on the Gardner series of books. For what they are I find them pretty enjoyable and a nice time capsule of the 80's.

Another good performance by Simon Vance

A decent Bond 007 novel. The plot structure is sound, Gardner’s writing is, as usual, clear and crisp. He maintains the suspenseful tension. The characters are interesting. Vance embodies them in his acting. An enjoyable Bond experience.

For me not the best

For me its not one of the best, dont get me wrong its a good Bond Story but im no really into the Cliches. The heroes getting in at the nick of time, The Ethnic characters with too on the nose names...

Not Gardner's best, but okay time passer

What did you love best about Brokenclaw?

Simon Vance's crisp, smart, and enthusiastic reading helped put this one over the top.

If you’ve listened to books by John Gardner before, how does this one compare?

Gardner's Bond stories are always worth the trip, though "Brokenclaw" I found to be only a little bit better than "okay", storywise.

Have you listened to any of Simon Vance’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I've listened to many of Mr. Vance's performances before, most notably his readings of Ian Fleming's and John Gardner's Bond novels. He does his usual polished job here.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, this was an okay Bond story, but I was fine listening to it over the course of about a week in my car. Other Bond stories by Gardner I listened to faster to see how they would turn out.

Any additional comments?

This one was mainly enjoyable due to the reliably entertaining Simon Vance performance. The story was engaging, but not much more than that.

Exciting James Bond Thriller

We written attention maintaining theiller James Gardner has captured the true flavor of Ian Fleming. i particularly enjoy the gastronomical discriptions.