One of the most famous images from the James Bond movies shows a beautiful woman covered in gold paint. She had been murdered by Auric Goldfinger's manservant Odd Job. Goldfinger does this because Bond discovered a gambling scam Goldfinger was operating and in the process, seduced Goldfinger's assistant/girlfriend.
However, when I read the book, there's more to it. I'll let the woman's sister, Tilly Masterson, explain:
"He has a woman once a month. Jill told me when she took the job. He hypnotizes them. Then he - he paints them gold."
"Christ, Why?"
"I don't know. Jilly told me he's mad about gold. I suppose he sort of think he's - that he's sort of possessing gold. You know - marrying it. He gets some Korean servant to paint them. [...] Afterwards, they're washed down by the Korean with resin or something. Goldfinger gives them a thousand dollars and sends them away."
In the movie, Bond is knocked out and wakes up to discover the Jill Masterson's body. The book goes a bit differently, but knowing now what Goldfinger is into, I'm going to always wonder what happened between Goldfinger and Jill after Bond was knocked out.
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