In the first James Bond novel, 007 takes on Le Chiffre, a French communist and paymaster of the Soviet murder organization SMERSH, as the suave agent becomes involved in a high-stakes game of baccarat, enjoys a fiery love affair with a sexy female spy, and endures torture at the hands of a master sadist. Reissue. (A Sony Pictures film, written by Neal Purvis, directed by Martin Campbell, releasing November 2006, starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green, & Giancarlo Giannini) (Suspense)