James Bond in Ian Fleming's the Living Daylights and a Quantum of Solace

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Summary: Short Stories with punch
Review: Here are two of Ian Fleming's lesser known stories, both quite different, but each has the classic elements of Fleming's Bond. (Not to be confused with the movie version of Bond) The Living Daylights is a taunt, compact version of a Fleming thriller. Bond is sent to protect a defector going to the west via Berlin. He falls for a girl that he can only watch from his perch. He dreams of her, only to have the rug pulled from him at the end of the Story. Quantum of solance is a quite different story, in which Bond is not involved. He is a guest of a high ranking official, who, to make conversation, tells him a story of an associate of his. Again, in this story there is a delicious twist at the end.

The reading of these stories give life to them. Quite the change from watching Roger Moore trot around the world shooting out quips rather then lead.