Bond is absorbing and elusive at once charming and, at times, shockingly ruthless. The beautiful and inscrutable Vesper Lynd has been sent to assist him, but their love affair will imperil them both.Īs Banville writes in his excellent introduction on the genesis of the novels, Fleming based his Casino Royale hero on a number of people he had known during the war. James Bond, ‘the finest gambler available to the Service’, becomes his opponent in a game of baccarat – a game set on a ‘luminous and sparkling stage’, with violence lurking in the wings. This lavish Casino Royale edition, with seven original illustrations and a pictorial slipcase by acclaimed illustrator Fay Dalton, and an introduction by Booker-Prize winning author John Banville, pays homage to the enormous success of Ian Fleming’s iconic novels.Īvailable at The Folio Society for £34.95 / $59.95.ĭarker and more visceral than those new to the novels might imagine, Casino Royale plunges Bond into a battle of luck, wits and physical endurance against Le Chiffre, a corrupt agent of the feared Soviet organisation, SMERSH. The Folio Society has released an illustrated edition of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale novel, the first title in its new 007 collectors’ series.
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