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In the mid-Sixties, the James Bond films became a global phenomenon as the world thrilled to their spectacular action sequences and cool gadgets. But the films nearly went in a very different direction, with a much darker treatment of Ian Fleming's first novel by Hollywood's most acclaimed screenwriter. In this short book, journalist and spy novelist Jeremy Duns finally unearths Ben Hecht's drafts of Casino Royale.

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Jeremy Duns is the author of Dead Drop: The True Story of Oleg Penkovsky and the Cold War's Most Dangerous Operation, published by Simon & Schuster UK, and Free Agent, Song Of Treason (originally titled Free Country) and The Moscow Option, published by Simon & Schuster in the UK and Penguin in the US. His journalism has been published by The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, Time Out and elsewhere. Free Agent was one of the Daily Telegraph's 'Thrillers of the year' in 2009, and was praised by William Boyd as 'a wholly engrossing and sophisticated spy novel set against a forgotten corner of 20th century history'. The Times called Song Of Treason 'a masterly excursion back to the bad old days of the Cold War', while The Guardian said it was 'a treat for fans of traditional Len Deighton-style spy thrillers'. Oleg Gordievsky called Dead Drop an 'excellent book' that 'contains lessons that are still valid in the 21st century' and Francis Wheen called it an 'irresistible real-life thriller'.

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