By today's standards (hell, even by 1950s standards), the Bond stories are full of rabid misogyny and racism and a faint whiff of imperialism (though after WWII it's Democracy vs.
James Bond is one of my guilty pleasures. But some people just refuse to play by the rules, and Bond's attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster.and to an unexpected savior. It seems that lady luck has sided with 007 when Le Chiffre hits a losing streak. This, the first of Ian Fleming's tales of secret agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called 'Le Chiffre' by ruining him at the Baccarat table, forcing his Soviet spymasters to 'retire' him. Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless, and licensed to kill. Inverarity Britain's biggest dick is almost unmanned.
