Description
British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to play in a high-stakes baccarat game in an effort to take down Le Chiffre, a financier for the villainous SMERSH. Things get more complex when Bond is partnered with Vesper Lynd, a beautiful and smart MI6 employee with a dark secret.James Bond is one of the most iconic characters in 20th-century literature. In addition to the 12 novels and 9 short stories written by Ian Fleming, there have been over 40 novels and short stories written about the spy by other authors, and 26 films produced, starring actors such as Sean Connery and Daniel Craig as 007.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
172 pages
Language
German
Published
Jan 1, 1993
Publisher
Scherz
Editions
74 editions
ISBN-10
350251402X
ISBN-13
9783502514022
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Doesn't really feel like much happens in the book. The casino scenes are hard to follow unless you have an understanding of the game but also feel quite anticlimactic.
June 30th 2026
It was a very good book, but very much dated to the era it was written in and this need to be remembered when reading.
December 13th 2022