Author | John Gardner |
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Cover artist | Bill Botten (Jonathan Cape ed.) |
Language | English |
Series | James Bond |
Genre | Spy fiction |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 7 July 1983 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 256 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 0-224-02949-5 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 10349437 |
LC Class | PR6057.A63 I2x 1983b |
Icebreaker, first published in 1983, was the third novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond.[1] Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape (cover design by Bill Botten) and is the first Bond novel to be published in the United States by Putnam, beginning a long-standing association. Part of the book takes place in Northern Europe, including Finland; to make his book as authentic as possible, Gardner even visited Finland.[2][3]