Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. The dealer called out the hands in French, so knowing the French numbers was advantageous.Īt any rate, here are some of the, in my opinion, more memorable quotes from the book. Fleming drops quite a bit of French in it, especially during the scenes where Bond and Le Chiffre are dualing at the Baccarat table. I recently took an introductory course in conversational French, and that knowledge proved helpful for reading this book.

It is the first of the James Bond books that he wrote, although the movie chronology is quite a bit different from the book chronology. I just finished reading Casino Royale by Ian Fleming.