Casino Royale: A James Bond Novel
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Read by Richard Armitage
JAMES BOND PLAYS A DEADLY GAME OF CHANCE IN IAN FLEMINGтАЩS LEGENDARY FIRST 007 NOVEL
тАЬLe ChiffreтАЭ is a ruthless operative and the accountant for a soviet SMERSH cell in France, but heтАЩs on the verge of disaster after gambling away his clientтАЩs money. Taking the last of his stash, he lures a dozen wealthy players to a high-stakes baccarat game, hoping to hustle his way whole.
The British Secret Service would like to see this red thorn plucked from the hide of Europe, and sends their best card sharp, James Bond, to bankrupt Le Chiffre for good.
With the cards running against him and SMERSH operatives threatening to kill him and his beautiful ally, Vesper Lynd, 007 needs his luck to turn before he wagers away their lives.
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Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London in 1908. His first job was at Reuters news agency, after which he worked briefly as a stockbroker before working in Naval Intelligence during World War Two. His first novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953 and was an instant success. Fleming went on to write thirteen other Bond books as well as two works of nonfiction and the childrenтАЩs classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Bond books have earned praise from figures such as Raymond Chandler, who called Fleming тАЬthe most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in EnglandтАЭ and President Kennedy, who named From Russia with Love as one of his favorite books. The books inspired a hugely successful series of film adaptations that began in 1962 with the release of Dr. No. He was married to Ann O'Neill, with whom he had a son, Caspar. He died in 1964.
