Criticism
- This novel has many parallels with John Gardner's novel Nobody Lives for Ever. In both stories, the returning protagonist (Schofield in Scarecrow, James Bond in NLF) is the target of a monetary contract posted by a villainous organisation (Majestic-12 in Scarecrow, SPECTRE in NLF) that requires delivery of the target's severed head, and both stories include the protagonist's loved ones (Gant in Scarecrow, May and Moneypenny in NLF) being used as leverage against the protagonist. A guillotine is also promptly used to kill the protagonist in an execution style chamber in both Scarecrow and NLF.
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