Goldfinger

It is a fortunate thing when you cannot remember key aspects of a film if you are going to read the book it was based on after watching it. Elements of the plot are still likely to surprise you.

I'm not sure why this book was included in the 1000 novels that everyone must read... I've now read 2 other James Bond novels, which are much better than this one. Perhaps I struggled with the female characters being there as the token gesture to beauty, completely dependent on the male characters for income or protection. Even the female baddie relies on Bond to help him! Argh! Frustration!!! Not a novel I will be going back to... and who on the Guardian panel let this one slip through?

(Cool cover though!)...