Role of Honour (1984)
The nineteenth James Bond novel (fifth continuation novel, and fourth of fourteen by John Gardner).
Author
Publication History
First Editions
- London: Jonathan Cape.
- Role of Honor. New York: Putnam.
Later British Hardbacks
- London: Swordfish, 2011. ISBN 978-0-85782-050-1
Reviews
- Jim Lewis, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 14 October 1984, p. J10.
- D. C. Jensen, “Gardner's Bond More Up to Date,” Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, 27 September 1984, Newsbank LIT 35:A5.
- Best Sellers, December 1984, p. 333.
- Booklist, August 1984, p. 1570.
- British Book News, March 1985, p. 138.
- Ed Kelley, “James Bond Does It Again,” Buffalo News, 7 October 1984, Newsbank LIT 43:E11.
- Kirkus Reviews, 15 July 1984, p. 657.
- Marghanita Laski, “Literature as Death,” Listener, 25 October 1984, p. 30.
- Kathy Burnett, “A New Older Bond,” Memphis Commercial Appeal, 21 October 1984, Newsbank LIT 43:E12.
- Richard Smith, “In Short: Fiction,” New York Times Book Review, 28 October 1984, pp. 26–27.
- Publishers Weekly, 27 July 1984, p. 137.
- Publishers Weekly, 29 March 1985, p. 71.
- Gail Smith Wallace, “007's ‘Role of Honor’,” Raleigh News and Observer, 3 February 1985, Newsbank LIT 75:C12.
- Paul Reed, “James Bond Caught Up in a Computer Caper,” San Francisco Chronicle, 12 September 1984, Newsbank LIT 35:A4.
- Harry Levins, “James Bond Lives On: Is He Past His Prime?,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 15 September 1984, Newsbank LIT 35:A6.
- West Coast Review of Books, January 1985, p. 31.