[yarddog]

I wonder if they have edited “Dr. No” since I read it. He describes the brutality of the Negro combined with the intelligence of the Chinese and he actually calls them Chigroes.

I bet very few people know that Agatha Christie’s “Ten Little Indians” was at first “Ten Little Niggers”. I think the newer versions are just something like “And Then There None”.

[RansomOttawa]

I wonder if they have edited “Dr. No” since I read it. He describes the brutality of the Negro combined with the intelligence of the Chinese and he actually calls them Chigroes.

From my c. 2000 edition:

The Chigroes are a tough, forgotten race. They look down on the Negroes and the Chinese look down on them. One day they may become a nuisance. They've got some of the intelligence of the Chinese and most of the vices of the black man. The police have a lot of trouble with them.

So I would say not. Typically that isn't done for adult novels, and this isn't the worst thing you'll read in one, anyway.