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SilverFin

SilverFin

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A 2005 book by Charlie Higson that begins the Young Bond series
  • proper noun
  • Literature
: SilverFin
  • Charlie Higson's SilverFin introduces readers to a teenage version of the iconic spy.

Examples

  • In the novel SilverFin, young James Bond embarks on his first thrilling adventure.

  • SilverFin: The Graphic Novel. Charlie Higson and Kev Walker. Hyperion. 9781423130222.

    Academic text (2011)

  • SilverFin: A James Bond adventure. Charles Higson. Hyperion. 978-0-786-83866-0.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Fans of James Bond can explore the origins of the character in SilverFin, the first book of the Young Bond series.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

SilverFin = silver + fin (transparent) = silver + fin

The title is a straightforward compound of two common nouns whose combined literal sense ('a silver fin') is directly inferable.

Etymology

SilverFin is the title of a 2005 novel in the Young Bond series. The name joins silver 'a shiny, grey metal' and fin 'the tail of a fish', so it makes you picture a shiny fish tail or something fast and secret in the water, a fitting image for a young spy adventure.