Fleming made a card game the centerpiece of his book. He exits, leaving Bond and Le Chiffre alone. Bond takes off the rest of his clothes himself and Le Chiffre directs him to a small armchair, its cane seat recently removed. Bond Vesper Lynd was a fictional HM Treasury liaison officer and love interest of James Bond. It was the first of fourteen James Bond books which have gone on to sell over 60 million copies worldwide and be translated into 20 languages. His first novel, Casino Royale (1953), introduced spy hero, James Bond, agent 007, to the world. Ian Fleming was a British author and journalist. The plot revolves around a plan to take down Le Chiffre, an agent of SMERSH, by bankrupting him in a high-stakes game of Baccarat Chemin-de-fer. Casino Royale is the first novel written by Ian Fleming featuring the 00 agent Commander James Bond, published in 1953. He is the first villain 007 encounters as well as the first agent of SMERSH he meets.
