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Casino Royale (with Interview)
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
For James Bond and the British Secret Service, the stakes couldn’t be higher. 007’s mission is to neutralise the Russian operative Le Chiffre by ruining him at the baccarat table, forcing his Soviet masters to ‘retire’ him. When Le Chiffre hits a losing streak, Bond discovers his luck is in – that is, until he meets Vesper Lynd, a glamorous agent who might yet prove to be his downfall.
Includes an exclusive bonus interview with Dan Stevens.
Ian Fleming was born in London in 1908. He was educated at Eton and worked as a journalist in Moscow and a banker and stockbroker in London before becoming personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War. He wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952 at Goldeneye, his home in Jamaica. Since then James Bond has gone on to become a global phenomenon.
Dan Stevens is internationally known for his role as Matthew Crawley in the hit television drama Downton Abbey, and more recently he has starred in films including Summer In February, The Fifth Estate, A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Guest, The Cobbler and Night At The Museum 3. Dan’s other screen work includes Vamps, Hilde, Sense & Sensibility, Maxwell and The Line of Beauty, and his theatre work includes The Heiress on Broadway, and Arcadia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, The Vortex and Hay Fever in London.
Critic reviews
"From the first evocative words to the last savagely ironic sentence, this is a novel with its own flavour." ( Sunday Times)
"Hums with tension." ( Time Magazine)
"A superb gambling scene, a torture scene which still haunts me, and, of course, a beautiful girl." (Raymond Chandler)
"A first-rate thriller…with a breathtaking plot." ( Manchester Guardian)
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- Stewart
- 29-01-21
Baccarat!
Now I know what's going on at all those casino tables in the films! thanks book!
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- Arturas
- 21-06-20
Add to your bookshelf
A very engaging story. Interesting descriptions of characters and details. After this book, I became interested in the card games and all bondiada.
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- Kindle Customer 007
- 04-01-20
The real Bond.
So much more insightful than any of the films. The narration was excellent and vividly portrayed the characters allowing your mind to paint the picture.
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- Steph H
- 21-08-19
Interesting comparison listen
Of course I've seen all the Bond films, and the new version of this is one of my favourites, so I found it quite interesting to listen to the book it was based on.
I was surprised at how closely the film sticks with the book, in essentials at least if not in detail.
I also get the impression that the book influences the way that Daniel Craig played the part of Bond in the film too.
As far as the book is concerned, it's short and to the point. There isn't much, if any extraneous narrative apart from the more introspective scenes in the third part of the book.
I'm looking forward to seeing the stories progress as part of a series, rather than stand alone books. I'm sure that they can stand on their own, but the greater story arc, if there is one, should be interesting.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-08-19
my first taste of bond books and it was superb
Dan Stevens delivery was also excellent and the interview was a really nice touch, I will swiftly be moving onto the next book.
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- Fav
- 19-02-20
Casino Royale
Good story of James Bond but a bit dated. Not like the Ian Fleming film
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- Alexander Jackson
- 09-01-23
Dan Stevens IS the Bond we need.
Casino Royale can be a little tricky to follow at first, with the many French words and the rules of the game, but Dan Stevens' cool narration and portrayal of Bond really sells the whole thing.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-02-23
Entertaining spy thriller, brilliant reading
Well created, terse and entertaining spy thriller. Brilliantly read with a selection of flawless accents.
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- BigJack
- 13-11-23
Excellent
Brings life to a character I have only known via the screen. Dan was a perfect narrator, neither too animated or solemn.
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- chimneyman
- 08-05-19
What does this story tell us about Ian Fleming?
I think this story needs to be considered in the light of its author's own life story. During WW2, Ian Fleming was fairly high up in the back rooms of the British intelligence services and was closely involved in the management of some of the more clandestine activities of the war (including the development of special forces such as the SAS). So far as I know, he never took part in front line activities.
After the war, it is said, he badly wanted to tell what he knew but was prevented from doing so by the need for ongoing secrecy. A lot of the details of Bond's London-based organisation are said to be very similar to Fleming's WW2 outfit and a lot of the James Bond story lines are said to be based on real events.
I was surprised by the 'philosophical' content of Casino Royale which raises questions about right and wrong, manhood, love and the role of women. The story seemed to reveal Fleming's personality as being more than a little conflicted by his experiences in WW2. I even wonder if he was wracked by feelings of guilt about some of the things he had seen and done (or not done).
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