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 ...
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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. ""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."" `` , - - , `` . . `` .`` `` - - . ; . . ?`` - . , - , .... - ; . . , !
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Sebastian Faulks did an amazing job of emulating Ian Fleming's style and voice, emphasizing all the right elements and handing us a credible extension of the Fleming oevre. It's a fun read and just unpredictable enough to not be too rote. As someone who read all the Bond books in my youth, this was a fun and satisfying read.
