The James Bond Project 2: The Secret Agent
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (Jonathan Cape, London, 1953) Reading Casino Royale some sixty-three years after it was first published, your first impression is that it has not aged well. The James Bond we find in its pages is a product of the Edwardian attitudes and behaviours of his creator and consequently bears nothing but a fleeting resemblance to the representation we’re used to from even the earliest of the movies. Secondly, you can’t help but notice how slight it is as a novel, with a predictable plot and largely one-dimensional characters. It’s probably kindest and most useful to … Continue reading The James Bond Project 2: The Secret Agent