Some words in Italian can be easy to read for English speakers. "Risico" means risk. Ah. Bond soon finds out that dealing with the criminal element can be extremely difficult in Italy. There's a lot of risk. In this short story, the Prime Minister believes international drug smuggling is now a national security matter, and M reluctantly sends 007 to investigate it in Italy. Could the PM be right? Once Bond arrives in Rome, it quickly gets complicated and violent as Bond is uncertain who to trust. Librarian's note: this entry relates to the short story "Risico." It is one of five in the collection, "For Your Eyes Only." Entries for all nine Bond short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a James Bond Short Story."
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist, and commander in the royal Navy during the Second World War. He was a grandson of the Scottish financier Robert Fleming, who founded the Scottish American Investment Trust and the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling his adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories. Additionally, Fleming wrote the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and two non-fiction books.
