Casino Royale es la primera novela del autor británico Ian Fleming. Casino Royale fue publicada in 1953, la primera de la serie James Bond, que totalizaría once novelas y dos colecciones de cuentos.
Al final: staleness, bluntness, salle privée, cosh y
otros en vocabulario.
… The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are
nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high
gambling—a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension—becomes unbearable and
the senses awake and revolt from it.
James Bond suddenly knew that he was tired. He always knew when his body or his mind had had enough and he always acted on the knowledge. This helped him to avoid staleness and the sensual bluntness that breeds mistakes.