Casino Royale

a James Bond novel

181 pages

English language

Published Nov. 19, 2002 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-14-200202-5
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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...

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Subjects

  • Bond, James (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • British -- France -- Fiction
  • France -- Fiction