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Pre-Intermediate level - you can read and listen chapter 19 "The Crash" of this story:
"The story concerns the British secret agent James Bond, gambling at the casino in Royale-les-Eaux to bankrupt Le Chiffre, the treasurer of a French union and a member of the Russian secret service. Bond is supported in his endeavours by Vesper Lynd, a member of his own service, as well as Felix Leiter of the CIA and René Mathis of the French Deuxième Bureau. Fleming used his wartime experiences as a member of the Naval Intelligence Division, and the people he met during his work, to provide plot elements; the character of Bond also reflected many of Fleming's personal tastes. Fleming wrote the draft in early 1952 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica while awaiting his marriage. He was initially unsure whether the work was suitable for publication, but was assured by his friend, the novelist William Plomer, that the novel had promise."

[@cafecito0806]

Thanks I love James bond and before when I didn't speak English it was difficult to find a Fleming's book in Spanish

[@user-mq7te8rh3g]

Thank you for the modern book

[@claudiolaureatti]

A gambling place, very beautiful women (sinister and sexy), the most recognizable piece of music , Bond's car of choice speeding and chasing around, quite special arms, physicall perfomances, jumps from the bridge, international spionage and its secrecies, key aspects to produce genuine Casino first film, with twists and turns like double agents: what's the world will be afraid of in 2 or 3 years? More and more films will be produced with something fresh each time. Secret agent, Bond's girls, adventure and all of that. Gotta read Ian Fleming !