The best parts of the tale took place in the casino itself, the bar or the dinner table. I thought I would like this a lot, but I didn’t.
Cool under pressure, fast cars, looks fabulous in a tux… If Bond fails in his mission by losing at the card table, then British government will be directly funding communists. He has to outplay a French/Russian operative to take money away from the communists.
The first novel about James Bond, the 00 agent, takes place at the Casino Royale.
