The novel was adapted into a film of the same name starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente and Chris Cooper.

Peter Cannon of Publishers Weekly named The Bourne Identity among the best spy novels of all time, after John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Once the man recovers from his physical wounds, he and the doctor realize the man has complete amnesia. Severely injured, he survives with the help of a sympathetic, yet alcoholic doctor. The supporting cast is dotted with veterans that make the movie come to life during their brief parts: Denholm Elliott, Anthony Quayle, Peter Vaughan, James Faulkner. The Bourne Identity Plot Summary Share See Plot Diagram Summary Book 1 A man falls off a fishing trawler into the Mediterranean Sea. In the search to rediscover his true identity, Bourne must also reason out why several shadowy groups, a professional assassin, and the CIA want him dead. 'The Bourne Identity' (1988) is a faithful recreation of Robert Ludlums book about an amnesiac slowly (in a very long book) discovering who he is. The first novel in the Bourne Trilogy, The Bourne Identity introduces Jason Bourne, a man who finds himself with both remarkable survival skills and retrograde amnesia. robert ludlum the unsurpassed master of the superthriller and on sale in bantam hardcover in may 1993 the scorpio illusion. Uncommon signed by both Ludlum and the Academy Award-winning actor. Damon played Jason Bourne in several of the Bourne films.

Boldly signed by author, “with best wishes, Robert Ludlum” and by Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon on the front free endpaper. Includes identificaton criteria and points of issue to help collectors identify. New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1980.įirst edition of the first novel in the Bourne Trilogy. The first Bourne novel, basis for the 2002 film directed by Doug Liman and. Pictures of the true first edition of The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.

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