Novel Quote Casino Royale / Goldfinger about being rich.

friedfysh

Hi! I have been trying to track down a half remembered quote. It appears in either Casino Royale or Goldfinger, not sure which but I think Casino Royale.
It's all about how Bond likes to pretend to be very rich once in a while, spending more than he can afford etc. I'd like to know exactly what the quote is and where it is from. I've tried searching google books with little success. Hopefully somebody out there is an even bigger fan than me and will be able to help. Thanks.

schaduwoog

friedfysh wrote:

Hi! I have been trying to track down a half remembered quote. It appears in either Casino Royale or Goldfinger, not sure which but I think Casino Royale.
It's all about how Bond likes to pretend to be very rich once in a while, spending more than he can afford etc. I'd like to know exactly what the quote is and where it is from. I've tried searching google books with little success. Hopefully somebody out there is an even bigger fan than me and will be able to help. Thanks.

this one?

Bond thought, I asked for the easy life, the rich life. How do I like it? How
do I like eating like a pig and hearing remarks like that? Suddenly the idea
of ever having another meal like this, or indeed any other meal with Mr Du
Pont, revolted him.

it's in the chapter LIVING IT UP in the Goldfinger novel.

SpectreBlofeld

I can think of a few.

In Casino Royale, Bond reckoned up all his gambling winnings in Old Francs and his losses in New Francs (or do I have that backward?) because it made him feel so much richer.

In the beginning of Live and Let Die, he reflects about how sometimes the life of a spy can give you moments of great luxury, etc. This was when he was treated like royalty by the US Government as a visitor, given cash to spend, a car to pick him up, a ritzy hotel room with room service, etc.

I don't remember which novel this is from, but in one of the stories he reflects about how he ate and lived simply when at home in England, but when he traveled abroad, he preferred to treat himself to excellent food, drink, etc.

CmdrAtticus

SpectreBlofeld wrote:

I can think of a few.

In Casino Royale, Bond reckoned up all his gambling winnings in Old Francs and his losses in New Francs (or do I have that backward?) because it made him feel so much richer.

In the beginning of Live and Let Die, he reflects about how sometimes the life of a spy can give you moments of great luxury, etc. This was when he was treated like royalty by the US Government as a visitor, given cash to spend, a car to pick him up, a ritzy hotel room with room service, etc.

I don't remember which novel this is from, but in one of the stories he reflects about how he ate and lived simply when at home in England, but when he traveled abroad, he preferred to treat himself to excellent food, drink, etc.

What I always thought was interesting was how Fleming used his travels to New York and Washington during the war as a rep for Naval Intelligence where he slummed with his future friends Cuneo and William Stephenson, etc. He apparently was treated like a big shot diplomat, and I think that's where he got the literary ammunition to create those opening scenes of the novel. The odd thing is that an agent like Bond, even a high ranking 00, would not get this royal carpet treatment, any more than a Scotland Yard inspector coordinating an investigation with the FBI.
They would have put him up in a modest hotel, not the most expensive in the city, and their budget could not have afforded him with five star hotel meals. As far as when he is own his own assignments, Fleming seemed to make it clear that on most of them he was dealing with wealthy foreign villiains and in order to sneak around them he had to come across as a wealthy business type, on the Service's account, of course.

HalfMonk HalfHitman

I didn't want to start another thread for this, but I've been trying to think of the name of the book or field manual Bond daydreamed about writing once he slowed down with his work. I know it had an exclamation point in the title. Any help?

Barbel

HalfHitman HalfMonk wrote:

I didn't want to start another thread for this, but I've been trying to think of the name of the book or field manual Bond daydreamed about writing once he slowed down with his work. I know it had an exclamation point in the title. Any help?

Stay Alive!. GF, Chapter 5.

HalfMonk HalfHitman

Nice! Thank you.

Barbel

No problem

Agent_M

ok without turning this into a quiz thread i'm trying to remember which book has the passage about the body forgetting pain quickly, how while something hurts badly at the time you quickly forget the exact feeling of that pain later.

i'm writing a blog post and want to use it but cant for the life of me remember.

cheers

Silhouette Man

Agent_M wrote:

ok without turning this into a quiz thread i'm trying to remember which book has the passage about the body forgetting pain quickly, how while something hurts badly at the time you quickly forget the exact feeling of that pain later.

i'm writing a blog post and want to use it but cant for the life of me remember.

cheers

Maybe a bit late - I think that this is from Thunderball.

friedfysh

Thanks for all the suggestions.