Goldfinger is one of my favorite Bond movies so I was really
looking forward to reading this novel. The reason I liked it so much was
because of the villain’s henchman Oddjob. In the movie Oddjob is played by a
dwarf but the book has him somewhere around five feet. He is a master at karate
and can chop through boards like toothpicks. But what makes him unique is his
hat. The hats rim has a metal blade so when he throws it he can cut off people’s
heads, at least in the movie. In the book the hat is not so razor sharp, and
only knocks out the one person it is thrown at.
The plot is basically Goldfinger wants to rob Fort Knox and
will kill the entire town and army base there to do it. While the movie does
follow the book quite nicely, there are some minor changes. I can’t tell you
what they are due to the fact we can’t post any spoilers on here. If you want
to know you will just have to read the book.
Fleming does seem to be going to extraordinary lengths to tell
the readers what the villain is planning. In Goldfinger Bond is captured, and
instead of being killed is actually taken on by Goldfinger to work as a
secretary. Bond is then allowed to attend the meeting where Goldfinger explains
how they are going to rob Fort Knox. While this is better than the villain giving
a monolog to the hero tied to a chair it makes you wonder why don’t these extraordinary
villains would be foolish enough to tell their plan to anyone they captured.
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