Their offices are in a gloomy building overlooking Regents Park. James Bond is an agent for the British Secret Service. The casino in question is in the fictional French town of Royale-les-Eaux, just north of Dieppe, near the mouth of the river Somme (p.34), based on the holiday resorts of Deaville and Trouville – ie not the sunny south of France ‘It’s not difficult to get a Double O number if you’re prepared to kill people.’ (p.64)
