Bond and Vesper manage to escape but Bond is seriously injured. Before he has a chance to break Bond, a SMERSH agent finds Le Chiffre and kills him. Bond pursues her and, after he crashes his car, is captured himself. She is lured into the parking lot and kidnapped by Le Chiffre. After tense drama, Bond manages to beat Le Chiffre in baccarat and bankrupts him.Īfter his win Bond takes Vesper out for a drink. He makes it to the casino and confronts Le Chiffre. Before Bond has a chance to face off with Le Chiffre, the Soviets make an attempt on his life. He has help from his partners including the beautiful Vesper Lynd, French agent Mathis and American CIA man Felix Lieter. Bond is an excellent gambler and his mission is to defeat Le Chiffre at the baccarat table and bankrupt him.īond checks into the hotel and prepares his operation. He goes to the Casino Royale in the north of France. Le Chiffre's last resort is to remake the money through gambling. The Soviet arch-spy agency SMERSH may be on his trail and if they catch him they will kill him. This gets him into trouble when the French outlaw prostitution. Le Chiffre has used Soviet money meant for a Communist controlled trade union to invest in brothels. The main story is between James Bond, British secret agent 007, and Le Chiffre, an agent controlled by the Communist Russians.

There are several story lines in the book. The story is full of car chases, torture and sex as Bond's evolution into an international spy is revealed. Other events lead to his renewed commitment to his job, which is a lifestyle more than a profession. This is just the beginning of Bond's journey. He escapes death several times but eventually defeats Le Chiffre. Bond accepts a mission to defeat a Russian agent, Le Chiffre, in a card game. It tells the story of one man, James Bond, and his evolution into a committed spy and secret agent. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming is a spy thriller set during the Cold War.

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