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The novel would later become the basis of the [[Film/LiveAndLetDie eighth Bond film]] and parts of it would later be incorporated into ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/LicenceToKill''. It got a RadioDrama adaptation on BBC Radio 4 in 2018, with Creator/TobyStephens as Bond.

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The novel would later become the basis of the [[Film/LiveAndLetDie eighth Bond film]] and parts of it would later be incorporated into ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/LicenceToKill''. It got a RadioDrama adaptation on BBC Radio 4 in 2018, 2019, with Creator/TobyStephens as Bond.
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The novel would later become the basis of the [[Film/LiveAndLetDie eighth Bond film]] and parts of it would later be incorporated into ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/LicenceToKill''.

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The novel would later become the basis of the [[Film/LiveAndLetDie eighth Bond film]] and parts of it would later be incorporated into ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
''Film/LicenceToKill''. It got a RadioDrama adaptation on BBC Radio 4 in 2018, with Creator/TobyStephens as Bond.
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%%* BigBad: Mr. Big.

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%%* * BigBad: With a name like Mr. Big.Big, he's already halfway to having it as his official title.

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* BigBad: Mr. Big.

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* %%* BigBad: Mr. Big.
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Merciful Minion is a better match for the mook who spares Leiter — nothing suggests he's actually incompetent as one of Mr Big's henchman, he just likes Leiter.


* FunWithAcronyms: Mr Big is not only physically very large, and the "big man" of Harlem crime, making it a MeaningfulName but his real name is '''B'''uonaparte '''I'''gnace '''G'''allia. Other kids nicknamed him "Big Boy" when he was young.

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* FunWithAcronyms: Mr Big is not only physically very large, and the "big man" of Harlem crime, making crime (making it a MeaningfulName MeaningfulName), but his real name is '''B'''uonaparte '''I'''gnace '''G'''allia. Other kids nicknamed him "Big Boy" when he was young.



* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Felix befriends the {{mook}} who is holding him prisoner; he releases Felix with only a token beating despite orders from Mr Big to inflict more serious injury.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: A core theme of the book, and one of the key differences between the white Bond and the black antagonists. That said, Bond does admit that understands the power Voodoo can have on an individual's mind, and Solitaire, a white woman who grew up in that environment, is a lot less dismissive of it.
* PirateBooty: Sir Henry Morgan's treasure, that Mr. Big is smuggling to the states.

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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: MercifulMinion: Felix befriends the {{mook}} who is holding him prisoner; he releases Felix with only a token beating despite orders from Mr Big to inflict more serious injury.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: A core theme of the book, and one of the key differences between the white Bond and the black antagonists. That said, Bond does admit that he understands the power Voodoo can have on an individual's mind, and Solitaire, a white woman who grew up in that environment, is a lot less dismissive of it.
* PirateBooty: The treasure of the English pirate Sir Henry Morgan's treasure, that Morgan, which Mr. Big discovered in Jamaica and is smuggling to into the states.United States.



* VillainsWantMercy: When the Robber winds up dangling above the SharkPool he'd intended to throw Bond into, he immediately starts begging for mercy and swears to tell Bond everything he knows. Averted with Mr. Big, whose eyes "held no appeal for help" even when [[spoiler:he's half-dead from the mine Bond planted on his yacht and the local wildlife is about to finish the job]].

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* VillainsWantMercy: When the Robber winds up dangling above the SharkPool he'd intended to throw Bond into, he immediately starts begging for mercy and swears to tell Bond everything he knows. Averted with Mr. Big, whose eyes "held no appeal for help" even when [[spoiler:he's half-dead from the mine Bond planted on his yacht and [[ThreateningShark the local wildlife is about to finish the job]].job]]]].

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