A quick and dirty summary for those of you not familiar with the world of James Bond. This is the first in the series and it introduces us to a suave, calm and collected secret agent who is being sent to France to play high-stakes baccarat in order to knock Le Chiffre and his organization down a few pegs. His superiors send a woman to "assist" him and he finds her distracting. He wants to bed her, but her presence annoys her (she belongs in a kitchen.... eye roll). I wish I could give this 5 stars, but the sexism factor is quite high! I know, I know, it's a product of it's time, but man! It was a lot! The movie follows this book fairly closely so I knew a lot going into it, but I still really enjoyed it! I listened to the audiobook which had a superb English narrator. It really helped set the tone for me.
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