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Devil May Care (2008)
| Author: |
Sebastian Faulks
(Writing as Ian Fleming) |
| Published: |
28th May 2008 |
| MI6 Rating: |
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Data Stream
| Villains: |
Julius Gorner, Chagrin |
| Plot: |
Bond must prevent Gorner from savaging England with
a flood of heroin, and rescue Scarlett's twine sister
Poppy from his clutches |
| Bond Girls: |
Poppy, Scarlett Papava (Larissa Rossi) |
| Allies: |
M, Felix Leiter, Moneypenny |
| Locations: |
London, UK; Paris, France; Rome, Italy; Middle East |
| Highlights: |
Tennis match, airborne shootout, pliers torture sequence |
Capsule Synopsis
Devil May Care is written by best selling author Sebastian
Faulks and is set in the Cold War. It will be published
by Penguin on 28th May 2008 to mark the centenary of
Ian Fleming’s
birth.
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks will be published in
hardback by Penguin Books in the UK and its territories
(Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and
Europe), and in the US it will be published by Doubleday.
Many of the publishers will be using this jacket.
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Official Book Description (Penguin)
Bond is back with a license to thrill. Forty-three years ago,
Ian Fleming wrote his last great 007 adventure. Now, in Devil
May Care, the world’s most iconic spy returns in a Cold
War story spanning the world’s exotic locations. By invitation
of the Fleming estate to mark the centenary of his birth, acclaimed
novelist Sebastian Faulks picks up where Fleming left off, writing
a tour de force that will electrify every James Bond fan. A fitting
tribute to the Bond tradition, Devil May Care stands on its own
as a triumph of witty prose and plenty of double-0 action.
“One day, Bond, I will make as many heroin
addicts in Britain as Britain made in China. You’ll become
the third world country you deserve to be.” -- Villain
Julius Gorner
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“In his house in
Jamaica, Ian Fleming used to write a thousand words in
the morning, then go snorkeling,
have a cocktail, lunch on the terrace, more diving, another
thousand words in the 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 snorkeling.”
--
Sebastian Faulks
“He has an ability to write convincingly in whichever
period or genre he chooses... .Sebastian couldn’t
have written a better book to celebrate Ian’s 100th
birthday.”
--
Corinne Turner, managing director of Ian
Fleming Publications Limited
About the Author
Sebastian Faulks worked as a journalist before taking
up writing full time in 1991. He is the author of ten
books
including Charlotte Gray and Birdsong, for which he was
voted author of the year by the British Book Awards.
Faulks has published eight books in the United States,
including the recently released Engleby. He lives in
London. |
"I
do think the basic character has lasted and it is a combination
of vulnerability and ruthlessness. That is the key to his appeal
as an agent and a human being." - Sebastian Faulks on James
Bond
Publication Timeline
| 2008 |
May 28 - 1st edition Penguin 007 hardback (UK)
May 28 - 1st edition Doubleday hardback (USA) |
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