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Bond's latest mission takes him to Harlem, Tampa, and Jamaica, and he trades the casual sexism of Casino Royale for casual racism and caricatures of the "negro race".
It's got it all: referring to Black women as "negress". Trying to mimic the Black voice / slang. Talk about the "negro race" as if it was one unified body. "The sixth sense of negroes". "Negroids". Voodoo and Juju. It's got a lot of elements of a Blaxploitation film.
Having said all that, this book (unlike Casino Royale) is where we ...more
It's got it all: referring to Black women as "negress". Trying to mimic the Black voice / slang. Talk about the "negro race" as if it was one unified body. "The sixth sense of negroes". "Negroids". Voodoo and Juju. It's got a lot of elements of a Blaxploitation film.
Having said all that, this book (unlike Casino Royale) is where we ...more
I didn't get the same feel from this book as I did from Casino Royale which I thought was brilliant. There were moments when it was truly gripping, but others when it was offensive and easy to put down.
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Jul 31, 2017
Molly
marked it as to-read
Aug 28, 2021
Sam Stone
marked it as to-read
