The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book celebrates, examines, details, analyzes, lists, critiques, and occasionally pokes gentle fun at Brain's most famous secret agent.

Discussions of everything from the villains to the music, from the biggest explosions to the most fascinating women. Expert trivia, quotable quotes, sexual innuendo, and serious essays. Plot synopses for every James Bond film including the “unofficial” Never Say Never Again, up to and including pre-release information on No Time to Die. A detailed accounting of every gadget in every film (take that Q!), including the gadget-laden cars. Never-before revealed trivia includes every code word and code name in every film, every Tarot card in Live and Let Die, every secret MI6 location, and much more. Instructions for playing chemin-de-fer, making the perfect vodka martini (shaken, not stirred), and the key ingredients to a great Bond film.

Deborah Lipp