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CASINO ROYALE by Ian Fleming 1953
CR is Flemings first book, and introduces 007 James Bond to the world. The story is about Bond's efforts to bankrupt a Soviet official who stole a fortune from the government, to gamble with, and make himself a fortune before anyone is wise to him. Bond's job is to send him home penniless.
The first 50 pages are a long boring trek of dull writing until things explode into excitement that lasts almost to the end, when Bond falls in love with a female agent named Vesper. Bond then prances about with wings on his feet to THE END. The end, of course, is a shock for Bond and the reader.
The plot has a few blemishes, but overall is good quality. Fleming was a spy before he took up writing, so the plot is plausible, and never seems fantastical.
CR is Flemings first book, and introduces 007 James Bond to the world. The story is about Bond's efforts to bankrupt a Soviet official who stole a fortune from the government, to gamble with, and make himself a fortune before anyone is wise to him. Bond's job is to send him home penniless.
The first 50 pages are a long boring trek of dull writing until things explode into excitement that lasts almost to the end, when Bond falls in love with a female agent named Vesper. Bond then prances about with wings on his feet to THE END. The end, of course, is a shock for Bond and the reader.
The plot has a few blemishes, but overall is good quality. Fleming was a spy before he took up writing, so the plot is plausible, and never seems fantastical.