For other uses, see Diamonds Are Forever.Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on March 26, 1956.
In 1971 it became the seventh film in the EON Productions film franchise and the last film in that series to star Sean Connery as James Bond. It was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman.
The novel takes place just over two months from the end of Moonraker, which ended with James Bond taking a short holiday in France to recover from injuries received on that assignment. When Diamonds Are Forever begins, M, acting on information received from Special Branch, tasks Bond to infiltrate a smuggling ring, which is running diamonds from Africa mines to the United States. Bond's job is to travel down the "pipeline" as far as he can and find out who is behind it all.
Using the identity of Peter Franks, a country house burgular who decided to become diamond smuggler, he meets a mysterious "go-between"...
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