In French

at RI.

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RELEASE NOTES:

Off to Cackleberry for further travels

Collected this book from the Post Office Sherwood Road Sherwood Brisbane Queensland Australia at 4.30pm today, Sunday 26 March 2006.

Merci woosang!

The book will be used as a prize in another "cackleberry's *BIG* Australian History Quiz" in the French forum, whereby a historical question connecting Australia and France is posted and the first French bookcrosser to pm the correct answer wins the book!

Observez cet espace mes amis...

This is the very first James Bond novel (written in 1953) so it provides some insights of the character before he became an iconic figure. While Bond is particular about getting his drink right and which car he drives, they are not the same drink and car we have come to identify with him from the movies.

Originally published in 1953, "Casino Royale" takes a young Bond, not yet settled in his ways and who is questioning the political correctness of the tasks put before him.

Le Chiffre, a French Communist labour leader, has been embezzling union funds to purchase a string of whore houses only to have them closed when they are outlawed by a new law. He needs to earn back his lost funds and decides to do it through casino gambling.

Eager to discredit Le Chiffre before SMERSH hitmen can kill him, Bond's superiors send him to Monte Carlo to beat Le Chiffre at Baccarat.

The game between these two is described wonderfully so that even someone who has never gambled can get caught up in the excitement.

Unlike the movies, much of what is in Bond's mind is revealed in this novel. His sexism is fully-developed with thoughts such as: "These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to men?"

Even with an attitude like this, Bond still develops a romantic interest in his partner, Vesper Lynd.

RELEASE NOTES:

Posted this book (and some other bits and pieces) to Latulu in far, far away France as his prize for winning the latest "cackleberry's *BIG* Australian History Quiz" in the French Forum. Here is a link to the quiz...

http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/17/3372800

Mailed at the Post Office Sherwood Road Sherwood Brisbane Queensland Australia at 415pm Wednesday 29 March 2006.

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