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Books : Devil May Care (James Bond)
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780718153762
ISBN: 0718153766
Label: Penguin
Manufacturer: Penguin
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: May 28, 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date: May 28, 2008
Studio: Penguin
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
A variety of authors have written 007 novels since the death of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming -- and the results have been mixed, to say the least. As 'Robert Markham', Kingsley Amis penned the very first post-Fleming Bond, and this attempt by a novelist better known for his 'literary' work was judged a success. Now, after a decade of less successful entries by such writers as John Gardener, we have another serious writer, Sebastian Faulks (author of such acclaimed novels as Birdsong), taking up the challenge.
Devil May Care has already collected a jaw-dropping amount of publicity, with even the Royal Navy helping to put the book firmly at the top of the best-seller charts (Bond is, of course, a naval commander), and few books have had such wind under their sails (the relaunch of the movie franchise with the re-make of Casino Royale and Daniel Craig's second Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is all part of the ever-accelerating momentum). Of course, this also gives the book farther to fall if it misses the mark.
Faulks' author credit on the book ('Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming') is both revealing and encouraging - the author has reportedly said that he undertook the task with total seriousness, and he has tried to work within the parameters of the Ian Fleming formula (Faulks re-read all the extant Bond novels and stories) rather than the more glossy film incarnation. Among several very canny moves by the author is his decision to keep his 007 in the 1960s rather than catapulting him into the 21st century (as other ersatz Fleming novels - and, of course, the films -- have done. So how successful are the results?
Fleming aficionados can relax - this is a sterling job of recreation, and a novel that functions with total authority in its own right. The evocation of time and place (or places, notably Paris and the Middle East) is impeccable, as are the plotting and detail (as colourful and violent as anything in Fleming); there is a satisfyingly unpleasant larger-than-life villain, Julius Gorner, with a grotesque deformity of the kind Fleming often gave such characters (the chapter 'The monkey's hand' gives this away) and grandiose, evil ambitions. Best of all, this is Ian Fleming's James Bond - not a superman -- worried about his health and his physical powers (which he fears may be on the wane). Delicious stuff in fact. Now... can Faulks be persuaded to write another such novel? --Barry Forshaw.
Rating:
- A passable imitation of Ian Fleming
I suppose that Penguin, who publish the novels of the late Ian Fleming these days, had to do something to mark the centenary of his birth. And indeed they have - they've commissioned a modern-day author to write a brand new James Bond adventure.
They have chosen Sebastian Faulks - and rather than attempt to do what the movies have already done and relocate Fleming's spy to the modern day, Faulks has taken this achetypal 1950s fictional secret agent and only moved him on a few years ... Read More
Rating:
- Painting by numbers.........
Devil May Care (James Bond)
Deeply disappointing. There is very little to recommend this book. Indeed it is so light on plot that not reading it means you will not have missed anything! The plot lifts from other Bond stories e.g. meeting the villian over a game of tennis is a lift from Goldfinger and golf and the beautiful girl seeking help to rescue her sister from the clutches of the baddie was the premise in Thunderball I seem to recall, and there are many other variants on well trodden ... Read More
Rating:
- Bond is Back
Ian Fleming's last James Bond adventure - a collection of short stories including Octopussy and The Living Daylights - was published posthumously in 1967.
That wasn't the end of 007's adventures in print. Kingsley Amis wrote a well received sequel in 1967 - `Colonel Sun' - and in 1981, Glidrose Publications hired thriller-writer John Gardner to reinvent Bond for the modern era.
What followed were 14 increasingly dreary and unbelievable books which saw an aging Bond gamely ... Read More
Rating: - license suspended
The only excuse for writing another Bond book would be to do it brilliantly. This wasn't. It's a straight forward 'formula' piece of work with an eye to a film adaptation at some point in the future. The characters and situations cobbled together from Flemming's novels. It lacked any originality or excitement really. You could list the things you remember from the films - an 'Odd Job' character, a paranoid world domination egomaniac, a sports tournament where Bond stands to lose a lot of money, a suffocation ... Read More
Rating: - Slick
I thoroughly enjoyed Devil May Care and just did not want it to end. Having not read any other Bond Novel, I very much had the films in my mind and this definitely harks back to the Sixties feel of the Connery years and that's what makes it so slick - good old fashioned Secret Agent heroics in a simple non-PC world. Well done Sebastian Faulks
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Devil May Care (James Bond)
by: Sebastian Faulks
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EAN: 9780718153762
ISBN: 0718153766
Label: Penguin
Manufacturer: Penguin
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: May 28, 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date: May 28, 2008
Studio: Penguin
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- For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond
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- James Bond: The Authorised Biography
- see more
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
A variety of authors have written 007 novels since the death of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming -- and the results have been mixed, to say the least. As 'Robert Markham', Kingsley Amis penned the very first post-Fleming Bond, and this attempt by a novelist better known for his 'literary' work was judged a success. Now, after a decade of less successful entries by such writers as John Gardener, we have another serious writer, Sebastian Faulks (author of such acclaimed novels as Birdsong), taking up the challenge.
Devil May Care has already collected a jaw-dropping amount of publicity, with even the Royal Navy helping to put the book firmly at the top of the best-seller charts (Bond is, of course, a naval commander), and few books have had such wind under their sails (the relaunch of the movie franchise with the re-make of Casino Royale and Daniel Craig's second Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is all part of the ever-accelerating momentum). Of course, this also gives the book farther to fall if it misses the mark.
Faulks' author credit on the book ('Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming') is both revealing and encouraging - the author has reportedly said that he undertook the task with total seriousness, and he has tried to work within the parameters of the Ian Fleming formula (Faulks re-read all the extant Bond novels and stories) rather than the more glossy film incarnation. Among several very canny moves by the author is his decision to keep his 007 in the 1960s rather than catapulting him into the 21st century (as other ersatz Fleming novels - and, of course, the films -- have done. So how successful are the results?
Fleming aficionados can relax - this is a sterling job of recreation, and a novel that functions with total authority in its own right. The evocation of time and place (or places, notably Paris and the Middle East) is impeccable, as are the plotting and detail (as colourful and violent as anything in Fleming); there is a satisfyingly unpleasant larger-than-life villain, Julius Gorner, with a grotesque deformity of the kind Fleming often gave such characters (the chapter 'The monkey's hand' gives this away) and grandiose, evil ambitions. Best of all, this is Ian Fleming's James Bond - not a superman -- worried about his health and his physical powers (which he fears may be on the wane). Delicious stuff in fact. Now... can Faulks be persuaded to write another such novel? --Barry Forshaw.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- A passable imitation of Ian FlemingI suppose that Penguin, who publish the novels of the late Ian Fleming these days, had to do something to mark the centenary of his birth. And indeed they have - they've commissioned a modern-day author to write a brand new James Bond adventure.
They have chosen Sebastian Faulks - and rather than attempt to do what the movies have already done and relocate Fleming's spy to the modern day, Faulks has taken this achetypal 1950s fictional secret agent and only moved him on a few years ... Read More
Rating:
- Painting by numbers.........Devil May Care (James Bond)
Deeply disappointing. There is very little to recommend this book. Indeed it is so light on plot that not reading it means you will not have missed anything! The plot lifts from other Bond stories e.g. meeting the villian over a game of tennis is a lift from Goldfinger and golf and the beautiful girl seeking help to rescue her sister from the clutches of the baddie was the premise in Thunderball I seem to recall, and there are many other variants on well trodden ... Read More
Rating:
- Bond is BackIan Fleming's last James Bond adventure - a collection of short stories including Octopussy and The Living Daylights - was published posthumously in 1967.
That wasn't the end of 007's adventures in print. Kingsley Amis wrote a well received sequel in 1967 - `Colonel Sun' - and in 1981, Glidrose Publications hired thriller-writer John Gardner to reinvent Bond for the modern era.
What followed were 14 increasingly dreary and unbelievable books which saw an aging Bond gamely ... Read More
Rating:
- license suspendedThe only excuse for writing another Bond book would be to do it brilliantly. This wasn't. It's a straight forward 'formula' piece of work with an eye to a film adaptation at some point in the future. The characters and situations cobbled together from Flemming's novels. It lacked any originality or excitement really. You could list the things you remember from the films - an 'Odd Job' character, a paranoid world domination egomaniac, a sports tournament where Bond stands to lose a lot of money, a suffocation ... Read More
Rating:
- SlickI thoroughly enjoyed Devil May Care and just did not want it to end. Having not read any other Bond Novel, I very much had the films in my mind and this definitely harks back to the Sixties feel of the Connery years and that's what makes it so slick - good old fashioned Secret Agent heroics in a simple non-PC world. Well done Sebastian Faulks
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