I bought all the original Bond books in paperback. They were very readable.
One thing I recall is Fleming describes Dr. No’s employees as being “Chigroes”. Part Negro and part Chinese. I just bet they have changed that now.
I have all the paperbacks in a cardboard box in the closet somewhere. Been probably 15 years since I’ve read them. About time to go through them again.
Yes, they’re great reads still. Fleming was really good with a typewriter.
One of my friends in HS brought the books to school and we passed them around. The first one I read was casino royale and IIRC it was a BOTM club choice. I’ve seen most of the movies at least 3 times and the TV production of Casino from mercian TV in the 50s.