Bond is no dilettante when it comes to playing baccarat, poker or gambling the state’s monies against international criminal organisations on the contrary, he is alive to the responsibilities he holds, the demands of the government he serves, and the particular histories of the games he plays and the locations in which they take place. ![]() What may have appeared sideshow distractions, the games that Bond plays and the gambling in which he participates are central co-ordinates in the plotting of Fleming’s secret agent as well as the society of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Bond’s task is not just the defence of the realm: he consciously adopts the role of protector of the traditions of English behaviour bequeathed to his generation and of the cultural freedoms denied by the totalitarian regimes against which he, and Britain more generally, is pitted. ![]() An analysis of the 3 versions of Casino Royale (2 films & Ian Fleming's novel) & of Moonraker (novel & film) that argues Bond's British identity is pinioned on the rules of fair play in poker, baccarat & bridge.
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