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* ThisIsReality: When he's finally god Bond cornered, Red Grant warns Bond that "no Literature/BulldogDrummond'' stuff will save him. A very meta comment, since the Drummond stories were perhaps ''the'' biggest literary influence on Bond.
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* CrapsackWorld: Fleming spends ''ten chapters'' outlining how much life in Soviet Russia sucks, and how only the most depraved of sociopaths actually like working in its intelligence community.
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* FridgeLogic: InUniverse; Red admits the plan has some flaws (what if someone remembers seeing Red with Bond, for instance) but a bit of [[Literature/TheThirdMan third man]] mystery will only help fuel the newsworthy scandal.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: InUniverse when Kronsteen delays a demand from the head of SMERSH to attend him in order to win his chess game. As his life is in danger from this insubordination, he justifies it to SMERSH as a security precaution. As only a powerful government organisation would have the authority to make him leave early, it would cause rumor and public scrutiny of his activities.
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* BookSafe: Grant has a gun concealed in a copy of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', which [[ShoePhone fires if you press the spine in the right place]].
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* BookSafe: Grant has a gun a .25 pistol concealed in a copy of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', which [[ShoePhone fires if you press the spine in the right place]].
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* AbductionIsLove: In his backstory, Darko Kerim abducted a woman, stripped her naked and chained her to his table. When she was given the chance to go free, she chose to stay with him instead.
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* AbductionIsLove: In his backstory, Darko Kerim abducted a woman, gypsy girl, stripped her naked and chained her to his table. When she was given the chance to go free, though, she chose to stay with him instead.
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* OneLetterName: General G.Probably at least partly because of his [[OverlyLongName long surname]], Grubozaboyschikov.
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* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: A gypsy prophesies that Bond is under "the wings of death" and "must beware of a man who is owned by the moon." Bond ends up in a fight to the death with Red Grant, whose homicidal urges correspond to the full moon.
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* KarmaHoudini: There is no mention of anything happening to Kronsteen, either from [=MI6=] for trying to kill one of their agents or from SMERSH for failing.
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* KarmaHoudini: There is no mention of anything happening to Kronsteen, either from [=MI6=] for trying to kill one of their agents or from SMERSH for failing. General G likewise gets away unscathed.
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Soviet counterintelligence agency [[DirtyCommunists SMERSH]] devises an EvilPlan to enact a devastating blow against the British Secret Service by killing James Bond in the most humiliating manner possible. Departs from the formula a little in that the first third of the novel is dedicated to describing the trap from SMERSH's point of view, only switching to Bond's narrative once it's laid.
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** Even SMERSH almost consider killing him on the spot; they also arrange his assignments so they don't coincide with the full moon.
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* BolivianArmyEnding: The book ends with a DownerEnding, where Bond has just been poisoned and is passing out from the toxin [[KilledMidSentence mid-sentence]], giving an impression that OurHeroIsDead. 40+ books written after this one can attest that it didn't stick. Fleming had originally intended ''From Russia With Love'' to be the final book in the series, but demand both from the publisher and the fans convinced him to continue.
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* ReadyForLovemaking: Klebb tries to seduce Tatiana by putting on nighties and posing seductively on a sofa, inviting her to come beside her. Tatiana runs away in revulsion. Later, Tatiana reclines invitingly under the bedsheets in Bond's hotel room (nude except for choker and stockings) as part of her seduction of 007.
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* GonkyFemme: Rosa Klebb is described in quite ugly terms, but when Tatiana is ordered to report to Krebb's apartment for a late night briefing, Krebb is dressed in a babydoll-ish nightie and giggly tries to seduce Tatiana.
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* EvilLesbian: Klebb. Tatiana flees her bedroom when she comes out in a nightie and suggests they "get to know one another better."
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* ThrillerOnTheExpress: Red Grant tricks Bond into thinking that he is a [=MI6=] agent, and tries to kill him during a train ride.
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* KarmaHoudini: There is no mention of anything happening to Kronsteen, either from [=MI6=] for trying to kill one of their agents or from SMERSH for failing.
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** The narrative goes out of its way to clarify that General G picked the vaguest-sounding menacing word possible.
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The fifth ''Literature/JamesBond'' novel by Creator/IanFleming, released in 1957.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: One personnel manager in the Secret Service is described to be a very irritating man. His job deals with the mundane paperwork involved in daily life. M picked an irritating man on purpose, because it is explained that every well managed organization has at least one person whose job is to act as a 'lightning rod' for all staff frustration.
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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Bond uses a chair to defend himself from Rosa Klebb's poisoned knitting needles, and pins her to a wall with it. She is then captured by his fellow agents, but not before she manages to land a hit on him with a small blade on her shoe, which is also poisoned.
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* TheDreaded: Various stories surround Rosa Klebb's status as a TortureTechnician in the building she works. People feel much safer when she is in her office.
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* TrickedOutShoes: Klebb has small [[PoisonedWeapons poisoned blade blade]] hidden in her shoe.
* {{Understatement}}: General G says in the meeting that if they don't do '''something''' to humiliate British intelligence, "There will be ... displeasure."
* {{Understatement}}: General G says in the meeting that if they don't do '''something''' to humiliate British intelligence, "There will be ... displeasure."
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* ReadyForLovemaking: Klebb tries to seduce Tatiana by putting on nighties and posing seductively on a sofa, inviting her to come beside her. Tatiana runs away in revulsion.
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* BoisterousBruiser: Kerim is described to be a big man with lust for live. He even states that he'll propably die from living too much.
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* HappyEndingMassage: Narration in the book's opening about Red Grant's masseuse tells that she doesn't go out of her ''way'' to do this with her clients, per se, but... it apparently turns out that way a lot. Grant stands out in that (among other things) he doesn't [[{{Asexuality}} react at all]].
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* BondVillainStupidity: In the crucial moment of Kronsteen's carefully laid planb, [[spoiler:the assassin Red Donovan - an Irishman who hates the English - makes the fatal mistake of engaging in prolonged crowing, boasting and gloating instead of just going ahead with his assigned task of killing Bond. This allows Bond the chance to improvise a desperate last-moment plan which works, enabling him to kill Donovan and use the information which Donovan carelessly revealed in order to catch the senior Soviet operative Rosa Klebb]].
%%BrokenBird: Tatiana.
* ContinuityNod: Kronsteen lists off the deaths of SMERSH agents [[Literature/CasinoRoyale Le Chiffre]], [[Literature/LiveAndLetDie Mr. Big]], and [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} Hugo Drax]] at a meeting.
%%BrokenBird: Tatiana.
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* BondVillainStupidity: In the crucial moment of Kronsteen's carefully laid planb, plan, [[spoiler:the assassin Red "Red" Donovan - an Irishman who hates the English - makes the fatal mistake of engaging in prolonged crowing, boasting and gloating instead of just going ahead with his assigned task of killing Bond. This allows Bond the chance to improvise a desperate last-moment plan which works, enabling him to kill Donovan and use the information which Donovan carelessly revealed in order to catch the senior Soviet operative Rosa Klebb]].
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* ContinuityNod:Kronsteen lists off the The deaths of SMERSH agents [[Literature/CasinoRoyale Le Chiffre]], [[Literature/LiveAndLetDie Mr. Big]], and [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} Hugo Drax]] are listed at a meeting.meeting between Soviet intelligence officials. Bond's mission involving [[Literature/DiamondsAreForever diamond smuggling]] is also mentioned.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: One of the few cases where Ian Fleming's pop psychology was close to TruthInTelevision is depicting the PsychoForHire Red Grant as a homicidal maniac incapable of any kind of arousal except for arguably that he gets from killing.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: One of the few cases where Ian Fleming's pop psychology was close to TruthInTelevision is depicting the PsychoForHire Red Grant as a homicidal maniac incapable of any kind of arousal except for arguably that he gets from killing.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Kronsteen, who is a literal [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]]. Scenes from his point of view feature him thinking of everyone as chess pieces.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Kronsteen, who is a literal [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]]. Scenes from his point chessmaster]].
* SwarmOfRats: Bond and Kerim come by a swarm ofview feature him thinking of everyone as chess pieces.
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Soviet counterintelligence agency [[DirtyCommunists SMERSH]] devises a plan to enact {{revenge}} on James Bond and the Secret Service for their past aggressions against their operations.
The novel got made into the second ''Film/JamesBond'' [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove film]].
!!This novel has the examples of:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Fleming claims that SMERSH was a Soviet intelligence operation, derived from the Russian "Smert' Sphionam", or "Death to Spies." To this extent, he's telling the truth. He, however, goes on to state that SMERSH was still a functioning department of the Soviet intelligence apparatus and gives the agency's address. [[labelnote:In reality...]]SMERSH was an ad-hoc formation within the NKVD that was active from around 1943 until 1946 and concerned itself with internal policing, including the arrest or killing of deserters and ferreting out spies inside Soviet-controlled territory. After WorldWarTwo it was quietly disbanded, and at any rate probably operated out of The Lubiyanka as did the rest of the NKVD.[[/labelnote]]
* BigBad: Rosa Klebb with General G as the BiggerBad.
* BolivianArmyEnding: The book ends with a DownerEnding, where Bond has just been poisoned and is passing out from the toxin [[KilledMidSentence mid-sentence]], giving an impression that OurHeroIsDead. 40+ books written after this one can attest that it didn't stick.
* BookSafe: Grant has a gun concealed in a copy of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', which [[ShoePhone fires if you press the spine in the right place]].
* BondVillainStupidity: In the crucial moment of Kronsteen's carefully laid planb, [[spoiler:the assassin Red Donovan - an Irishman who hates the English - makes the fatal mistake of engaging in prolonged crowing, boasting and gloating instead of just going ahead with his assigned task of killing Bond. This allows Bond the chance to improvise a desperate last-moment plan which works, enabling him to kill Donovan and use the information which Donovan carelessly revealed in order to catch the senior Soviet operative Rosa Klebb]].
%%BrokenBird: Tatiana.
* ContinuityNod: Kronsteen lists off the deaths of SMERSH agents [[Literature/CasinoRoyale Le Chiffre]], [[Literature/LiveAndLetDie Mr. Big]], and [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} Hugo Drax]] at a meeting.
* CyanidePill: Bond is issued a cyanide pill with his kit. He flushes it down the toilet at the first opportunity.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Bond is poisoned before any consummation can occur between him and Tatiana.
* FakeDefector: Tatiana was told that her mission was to become one of these to leak false intelligence to the West. [[spoiler: Her mission is actually a set up to lure Bond into a situation where SMERSH can kill both of them in a manner that embarrasses the British government.]]
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: One of the few cases where Ian Fleming's pop psychology was close to TruthInTelevision is depicting the PsychoForHire Red Grant as a homicidal maniac incapable of any kind of arousal except for arguably that he gets from killing.
* InternalReveal: The novel spends nearly half of the text detailing the history of the assassin Red Grant and the decision-making processes of the upper echelons of the Soviet spy machine, before revealing its plan to murder Literature/JamesBond (using Grant) by luring him with the FakeDefector Tatiana Romanova. The other half is how Bond falls into (and gets out of) the trap.
* {{Lunacy}}: Red Grant, [=SMERSH's=] Chief Executioner, has homicidal urges coinciding with the full moon; his SMERSH file categorizes him as a [[HollywoodPsych manic-depressive psychopath]]. In the intro of the novel his wristwatch is described to show the phases of the moon.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Rosa Klebb, the head of SMERSH is a late middle-aged BigBad who can dish out serious hurt and fights dirty.
* OneLetterName: General G.Probably at least partly because of his [[OverlyLongName long name]], Grubozaboyschikov.
* PocketProtector: Bond is saved from Red Grant's bullet by his trusty cigarette case.
%%* PsychoLesbian: Rosa Klebb.
* ReadingTheEnemysMail: Bond must collect a Soviet defector from Turkey, who is bringing a cipher machine with her. He has to start a fire in the embassy to cover up the theft.
* SeriousBusiness: Kronsteen endangers his life by ignoring a message from the head of SMERSH to meet at once, because he has to finish a chess tournament. He justifies his action by claiming security considerations — his fans are as dedicated to the game as he is, and would realise he'd only forfeit the match if he was summoned by a powerful government figure.
* SamusIsAGirl: Fleming goes into detail describing the hideous appearance of DirtyCommunist Rosa Klebb, before revealing her gender with the words "She pulled up her skirt and sat down".
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Kronsteen, who is a literal [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]]. Scenes from his point of view feature him thinking of everyone as chess pieces.
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