I realize that now you can't buy a block of generic cheese for less than 1.2 million, but it was a lot of money back in the day.īefore meeting him, Bond is as big a fan of Drax as everyone else, but after he sits down to cards he finds his manners and mannerisms to be thoroughly disgusting.

His backstory is that he was badly scarred in the war and ended up with amnesia, yet still managed to pull himself up by his bootstraps and become a millionaire.

Well, he's funding this Moonraker rocket, which is going to be an integral part of England's defense system, out of his own pocket. The point of it is to warn him off cheating without causing a scandal because the guy is a national hero. But the gist is that this rich dude, Sir Hugo Drax, is cheating at cards in this fancy club that M is a member of, and he wants Bond to beat him at his own game. I'm not a card player so none of the descriptions excited me. Like Casino Royale the beginning of this book is all about a high-stakes bridge game. He actually kinda respected this gal in his own weird way. I was looking forward to more of his causal assholery and all I got was one uninvited kiss in the ocean. He's not as big of a douchebag in Moonraker. Listening to him describe women makes me think that if James were a real person, he'd be the kind of guy who doesn't understand that foreplay is a thing. Like, I can see how he thinks he sounds suave with his she may be able to break my arm but she still has a mole above her nipple musings. Still, when his inner monologue drifts into describing or thinking about women, things get unintentionally hilarious. 007 is much less incompetent in this one.

Moonraker fleming