Thursday, November 21, 2013

Casino Royale


Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, 213 pages

 
Continuing with my trend of books that became movies I decided to read the first James Bond novel by Ian Fleming. Again this is a series of books where I have seen the movies but never took time read the source material.

Ian Fleming has a style of writing that not only drags you into the books; it also makes you understand them. A perfect example of this is the card game baccarat. Before I read this book the only thing I knew about baccarat was that it is a card game. But through Fleming’s description and by having Bond play through a couple hands in the book, I now have a fundamental knowledge of the game.

The one thing that I disliked about the book compared to the movie is the portrayal of Bond. I was expecting a smooth, ladies’ man but instead got a chauvinistic agent whose job comes before all else. Since Fleming was writing in the 50’s I guess it makes sense but it is hard to imagine the Bond on the screen today saying women belong in the kitchen.

Another observation I had is; why do many action heroes/secret agents have the initials JB. Off the top of my head I can think of James Bond, Jason Bourne and Jack Bauer. Is there a reason for this?

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