Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Casino Royale (novel)

Casino Royale (novel)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 13, 2015 by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:52, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

 Casino Royale (1953) is a James Bond novel, the first of twelve featuring the British secret agent by Ian Fleming. At a casino in Royale-les-Eaux, Bond beats Le Chiffre, the treasurer of a French trade union and a member of the Russian secret service, in a high-stakes baccarat game; Bond wins 80 million francs belonging to SMERSH, the Soviet counterintelligence agency. He is supported by Vesper Lynd, a member of his own service, as well as Felix Leiter of the CIA and René Mathis of the French Deuxième Bureau. Fleming took plot elements from his wartime experiences in the Naval Intelligence Division and based some characters on people he met during the war; the character of Bond also reflected many of Fleming's personal tastes. Looking for distraction in advance of his forthcoming wedding, Fleming wrote the draft in early 1952 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. The storyline in Casino Royale deals with themes of Britain's position in the world and relationship with the US in the wake of defections to the Soviet Union by the British traitors Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. The book was given broadly positive reviews by critics at the time and sold out in less than a month after its UK release, although US sales upon release a year later were much slower. The story has been adapted several times, including in a daily comic strip and twice on film, a 1967 adaptation starring David Niven and a 2006 version starring Daniel Craig.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Fuck was the last book on 15 December 2014
 * Main editors: SchroCat
 * Promoted: 14 February 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: 62 year anniversary of publication (not a massive anniversary, I grant you, but still...!) Happy for this to go an another date for scheduling needs / date clash etc
 * Support as nominator. SchroCat (talk) 16:46, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. We could definitely afford more literature TFAs, and it's indeed been quite long without one. The anniversary thing seems almost like a formality at this point, so 62nd should be fine. Tezero (talk) 16:06, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. Visibility of this article at TFA will generate significant interest from a wide readership. Bond film fans, especially those unfamiliar with the novel and its author, will find the article enlightening and a real pleasure. Bede735 (talk) 15:19, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Not a novel since 15 December? Disgraceful.♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:25, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * We had the genre article wordless novel in February. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:43, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Support literature, - "wordless" was different --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:59, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Support A great work of literature. Where did I leave the carpet beater? Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:36, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. For one thing, it would be nice if future nominations don't have to say "Fuck was the last book ...". - Dank (push to talk) 14:36, 25 March 2015 (UTC)