ZWExton Others on this board may have read the books, so they may be in a better position than I to comment on this, but my friend is a big Bond fan and has read the books. He told me that the character that Craig plays is actually closer to the character as it is written. My friend claims that the Bond in the books is more of a mercenary type, so the rugged, brutal depiction is actually more accurate. Again, I don't have any personal knowledge of this one way or the other.