I am reading & listening to [1]Ian Flemming's[2]James Bond novels.

  Two things:

  First, the third book in the series ("[3]Moonraker" [[4]US] [[5]JP],
  with almost no resemblance to the [6]movie [Amazon [7]US] [[8]iTunes])
  has several chapters describing a [9]bridge game. It captivated me in a
  way reading about people playing cards shouldn't.

  Second, Flemming's use of language is educational. I use Amazon's
  lookup feature more for Fleming's use of outdated English and very
  British terms than I used it for a Japanese novel translated into
  English before James Bond came into being.

  I've long heard the term "[10]chicanery". I equated it with
  [11]shenanigans. Basically, chicanery means one resorting to tricks. I
  never thought about from where the word comes. It so happens that a
  "[12]chicane" is a serpentine curve in the road. It's also a card trick
  (in the "you're cheating" sense).

  By 2018 standards there are … issues with these books. Others can
  debate them and I'm sure they have.

  This is a better read than either [13]Live and Let Die [[14]US]
  [[15]JP] or [16]Casino Royale [[17]US] [[18]JP] , the second and first
  books in the series. I enjoyed both for what they are.

  Every experience carries its lesson, and these books prove no
  exception.
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  My original entry is here: [19]Chicanery. It posted Sat, 03 Mar 2018
  09:48:09 +0000.
  Filed under: books,

References

  1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fleming
  2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond
  3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonraker_(novel)
  4. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1612185452/?tag=prj018-20
  5. http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/1612185452/?tag=prj00-22
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonraker_(film)
  7. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009G9YES0/?tag=prj018-20
  8. https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/moonraker/id338407060?uo=4&at=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beorg/id1238649962?mt=8&uo=4&at=
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge
 10. https://www.wordnik.com/words/chicanery
 11. https://www.wordnik.com/words/shenanigan
 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicane
 13. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_and_Let_Die_(novel)
 14. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008L40PWK/?tag=prj018-20
 15. http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00RU9PUMM/?tag=prj00-22
 16. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(novel)
 17. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008L40NT0/?tag=prj018-20
 18. http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00RPOHYNK/?tag=prj00-22
 19. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=926