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Books : Casino Royale (Unabridged)In association with Amazon.comby: Ian Fleming  List Price: $19.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.48 You Save: $9.47 (47%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Editorial Review: Product Description: In the first of Ian Fleming's tales of 007, Bond finds himself on a mission to neutralize lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called "le Chiffre." Average Rating:
 Rating: - Is Bond ready for an early assignment?The first of Ian Fleming's Bond books shows us the agent in his early work. We find Fleming's Bond to be a practical and capable individual, who is more confident in his own abilities and perceptions than what perhaps is warrented. The agent that emerges by novel's end is grim, resourceful and driven. The young James Bond is a far cry from the suave, imperturbable Sean Connery that we all came to admire. His vulnerability makes him more human, and his cold determination makes him less so. I ... Read More Rating:  - BOND BEGINSIt's always interesting reading the first book dealing with a popular character, whether it be Conan, Tarzan or Sherlock Holmes. The same is true with James Bond. Two things strike me as really fascinating about this book. First of all, the first half of the book deals with the card game of baccarat, which hardly sounds like an action-packed setting. Yet Ian Fleming did a good job of explaining the game so that even those like me who have never played baccarat will ... Read More Rating:  - Too slight and inconsequentialFleming's first Bond book, and my last. They are not awful, just too slight and inconsequential to be worth reading, and I suspect bear little relation to the movies made from them. Rating: - Awesome Book!Ian Fleming did a great job with his first James Bond book and I highly recommend it! If you're expecting the Daniel Craig movie (which was very good, mind you), this is not the same story (it's similar, but very, very different). Rating:  - Just OkI don't know if it's where I have already seen the Daniel Craig Casino Royale film or not. When I usually see the film before the book, I love the book so much more because it has way more details. This book I felt didn't. I wanted more explanation about the events and the characters' thoughts and feelings. I didn't get that. I realize that the movie took a lot of liberties especially with the ending but I just thought the book would be so much more. In the book, I never understood why James Bond ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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