Orphaned at 11. Public school education. Kicked out of
college. Served his country during WWII. No friends. No
family. Kills for a living -- in hot blood and cold -- and
wonders if it's all bullshit. Follows no ones rules.
Variously described as cruel, ruthless, cold, taciturn.
PLUS:
WARNING: SPOILER FOR CASINO ROYALE
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Gets nearly blown up, nearly shot, rolls his car, gets beat
up, tortured, nearly shot again. Tied to a chair, sits for
hours watching the sun reflect off a pool of his own blood.
Makes it to the hospital alive, spends weeks recovering,
thinks about marrying his girlfriend, finds her dead body.
Discovers she's an enemy spy in her suicide note confession,
then calls headquarters to say, "The bitch is dead."
This is the image I have of James Bond, and the image I had
when I voted for him. Being hard-boiled means being boiled
hard -- all the way through to the core; having no soft
center. I think one is hard-boiled in one's soul, that it
doesn't matter where he lives, where he goes, who he hangs
out with or how he talks.
Just my opinion.
Best Regards, Erick
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