![]() ![]() There’s an interesting introduction by Jeffery Deaver in the new edition. ![]() So I decided to get a copy of the new edition for old times’ sake. I remember devouring my father’s tattered copy of the novel back in the early 1970s. Casino Royale is not just pure escapism surprisingly, its themes are quite contemporary despite the passage of over half a century. Of course, before Casino Royale the movie, there was Casino Royale (Penguin, 1953) the book, Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel published in 1953, the beginning of a series of action-packed thrillers. The last five Bonds, Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan, were very much older than me by many years. Packed with violent action, hairbreadth escapes, international espionage, clever spy gadgets, intrigue, and gorgeous women, the books became international best sellers. You somehow realise that you are growing old when 38-year-old Liverpudlian Daniel Craig is the first Bond who’s much younger than you. Casino Royale, novel by British writer Ian Fleming, published in 1953 and the first of his 12 blockbuster novels about James Bond, the suave and supercompetent British spy. ![]() Good to know that the new Bond movie has gone back to basics without too much of the gimmickry and gadgetry that suffused the previous Bond movies. ![]() (as Kenneth Hughes) (Berlin scenes) John Huston. DANIEL CRAIG, the new James Bond, doesn’t really give a damn whether his vodka martini is shaken or stirred. (scenes with Woody Allen and additional scenes with David Niven) Ken Hughes. ![]()
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