Casino Royale

by Ian Fleming

Book 1 of James Bond

First published 1953 · 189 pages

About this book

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...

  • British
  • Fiction
  • Fiction in English
  • Intelligence officers
  • Secret service
  • Intelligence service
  • Fiction, thrillers, espionage
  • Spy stories

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