Thursday, September 24, 2020

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (audiobook)

 genre: fiction


Bond.  James Bond.  Yes, this is the first James Bond novel and it takes place in a coastal resort town in France.  Bond is a secret agent, obviously, and he's out to get a Russian spy operative while using his expert gambling skills.  I mean, it's so cliche at this point, it's hard for me to imagine what this novel would've been to people who'd never read a "spy" novel, to people who'd never heard of James Bond.  Casino Royale is spycraft, yes.  It's high stakes and political intrigue.  It's also, surprisingly to me, romance and introspection.  I hadn't anticipated Bond to feel his feelings quite so deeply - he comes off as such an cool and removed playboy in the movies that his persona in this book came as a bit of a shock. Of course, he also likes walking down the beach post-swim whilst nude so, he's quite a character.  

It's fine.  I'm not sorry I listened to it because I listened to the dreamy voice of Dan Stevens reading it to me, so, while it was pretty blah, I wasn't disappointed in the time spent.

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