Casino Royale

Paperback, 188 pages

English language

Published 1955 by Pan Books.

OCLC Number:
29882446

View on OpenLibrary

(6 reviews)

Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless and licensed to kill. This, the first of Ian Fleming's tales of secret agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply "le Chiffre" -- by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to "retire" him. It seems that lady luck is taken with 007 -- le Chiffre has hit a losing streak. But some people just refuse to play by the rules, and Bond's attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster and an unexpected savior...

14 editions

avatar for OriginalBarbas

rated it

avatar for ShelfMonkey

rated it

avatar for BenCotterill

rated it

avatar for conciselyverbose

rated it

avatar for MiffyHelen

rated it

avatar for histrio

rated it