num_pages: 213
description: ‘A dry Martini,’ Bond said.‘In a deep Champagne goblet. Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice cold, then add a thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?’‘Certainly, monsieur’Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless and very deadly. This, the first of Fleming’s tales of 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 James — 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 saviour …
language: English
title: Casino Royale
titlecomplete: Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
characters: Le Chiffre's gunmen, Two men in straw hats, Chief of Staff Bill, Le Chiffre, The Smersh agent, The French doctor, Miss Moneypenny, Monsieur et Madame Muntz, M, Felix Leiter, James Bond, Charles DaSilva, Head of S., Vesper Lynd, René Mathis, The Greek
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Espionage, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 82438
places: London, England, Royale-Les-Eaux
series: James Bond - Extended Series, James Bond (Original Series)
publisher: Penguin Books