Paul Chandler joins Richard to discuss Ian Fleming's 1953 novel, Casino Royale: wooing Fortuna, the hero’s journey, manliness in an age of decadence, and the Cold War and dehumanization.
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Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (1953)
John Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming (1966)
Mathew Parker, Goldeneye: Ian Fleming’s Jamaica—Where Bond Was Born(2014)
Huxley, Brave New World (1958)
Harvey Mansfield, Manliness
Jack Donovan, The Way of Men (2012)
Casino Royal (2006)
“Never Tell me the odds!”
Parable of the Three Servants (Matthew 25:14-30)
Letters of Ann Fleming
You Only Live Twice (1964)
The Man With the Golden Gun (1965)
Ending of Skyfall
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