Winner of the British Book Awards, Popular Fiction Award, 2009.Nominated for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2008.This new instalment in the adventures of the world's most iconic spy has been written by one of Britain's most admired novelists, Sebastian Faulks.
"My novel is meant to stand in the line of Fleming's own books, where the story is everything." said Faulks, "In his house in Jamaica, Ian Fleming used to write a thousand words in the morning, then go snorkelling, have a cocktail, lunch on the terrace, more diving, another thousand words in late afternoon, then more Martinis and glamorous women.
In my house in London, I followed this routine exactly, apart from the cocktails, the lunch and the snorkelling."Picking up from where Fleming left off in 1966 with The Living Daylights / Octopussy, Faulks has written the perfect continuation of the James Bond legacy.
Devil May Care is set during the Cold War and features all the glamour, thrills and excitement that one would expect from any adventure involving Bond... James Bond.
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Critics Reviews
"Jeremy Northam's accents intensify the book's 1960s atmosphere nicely, but we soon realise that there is purpose as well as fun here. The Iran-set novel reminds us of how much damage our colonial past has done to our present. Its evil mastermind had a scheme to saturate British cities with heroin, and another to acquire The Times and other newspapers to destroy the credibility of British politics. Older, less lascivious, and beginning to creak at the joints, Bond is feeling his years. But he is still a man of infinite resource and sagacity and now likes pepper - cracked, not ground - on his scrambled eggs." (The Times)
Customer Reviews
Fantastic book, and having only ever watched Bond movies (and being a great fan of them) I was delighted with this book - it was true Bond and with the excellent narration, it almost made me miss my bus stop several times I was so involved in the story. The pace was great and I could truly imagine all the great Bonds in the role and more realisticaly Bond was showing his age in 1960's London but still managed to show what he was capable of in the worst of situations (typically far-fetched in Bond fashion but then that is true Bond). My only regret is that the book finished too soon, it was so easy to listen too.
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17/06/2008
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most probably the best bond story since the originals by fleming. a good absorbing listen. i would recommend it to all members bond fans or not
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19/06/2008
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I very much enjoyed listening to this book. Sebastian Faulks has done a good job of capturing the essence and style of Ian Fleming's books without sacrificing his own distinct way of writing. My only criticism is that I thought that he was running out of steam towards the end of the book, and whilst it is always easy to listen to and absorbing, the tension distinctly slackened towards the end - at least compared to the original books. I think, for example, that they would struggle to make a good movie out of the book, as is, without adding quite a lot more action and thrills! Hence four stars rather than five for me. A real plus point for me was the truly excellent narration from Jeremy Northam - I hope he is signed up by someone else to do more because he is top class. Overall though, recommended.
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21/06/2008
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