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James Bond's Casino Royale
There are so many books out in all different genres. Everybody likes different books; some people do not like to read at all. Reading is not one of the things I do regularly, watching movies is what normally happens. While I do not read hardly ever, one of my favorite books is Casino Royale, from the James Bond series by Ian Flemings. In his life time Flemings wrote a total of 14 James Bond’s books. Casino Royale was the first of the series written in 1953. Casino Royale introduces James Bond to the world. Each book is a little different from the other but still hold the classical James Bond theme. The story is set during the Cold War. M, is the head of the Secret Intelligence Service-also known as the MI6, is the one who gives Bond his missions. 007, James Bond, is sent on a mission to beat Le Chiffre. Le Chiffre, the head of a French trade union at baccarat, lost a serious amount of money that was provided by his Russian payers for a personal investment. The plan was to win back …show more content…
The story has unpleasant twists in its end. Casino Royale is filled with information on the habits of Bond’s life. For example, it says Bond likes his vodka martini that he designed to be “shaken, not stirred” and for his custom-made cigarettes to have three gold bands on the filter. Casino Royale has helped associate several of the elements we have come to expect in every James Bond film or book; exotic locations, cars, brands names, sex, violence, food, drinks, and high living. The story is written oddly, kind of like having two short stories woven into one. On one hand the story has Bond’s mission dealing with Le Chiffre to take him down at the gambling tables. The second part of the story is love story that evolves during his recovery of being tortured by Le Chiffre. In the end of the book, the two short stories dramatically
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