Pulp Fiction Novel

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

This book was the first novel written by flemming about James Bond and it paved the way for eleven other novels. I was really excited to read this book because I had seen the film a while ago and really liked it. I had seen the newer version of the film and thought it was one of my favorite bond films. So I was very surprised at how different the book was from the film, I feel that you get a lot more from the book. I also really enjoyed Flemings ability to describe a setting or situation so that the reader can get a detailed image in their head.
The plot is straight forward Cold War cloak and dagger and can be part of the spy mystery genre of pulp fiction because it is about a spy (James Bond) who encounters problems with foreign enemies and love relations. There is also a romantic aspect of the book and that involves Bonds love for beautiful women, more specifically Vesper Lynd. She is the character who is responsible for stealing bonds heart. In the book, James Bond is responsible for beating Lechiffre in baccarat and scandalize the Soviet-backed union. Fighting communism seemed to be a very common trend for the Genre during this time period and I feel that Casino Royale really nails it on the head.
I was really surprised how different the villains were in the book and how they replaced the soviet backed Lechiffre with the terrorist backed Lechiffre. I felt that this was such an important part of the book and I cant believe they changed the story for the 2006 screenplay.
I have not read many pulp novels so it is hard for me to compare this book to another but I really feel that it is a very successful book in this genre. I wish I could have read this book before I saw the movie because I would have been more surprised with the book.