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Devil May Care

by Sebastian Faulks
John Lee
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Bond is back. With a vengeance.
Devil May Care is a masterful continuation of the James Bond legacy–an electrifying new chapter in the life of the most iconic spy of literature and film, written to celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth on May 28, 1908.
An Algerian drug runner is savagely executed in the desolate outskirts of Paris. This seemingly isolated event leads to the recall of Agent 007 from his sabbatical in Rome and his return to the world of intrigue and danger where he is most at home. The head of MI6, M, assigns him to shadow the mysterious Dr. Julius Gorner, a power-crazed pharmaceutical magnate, whose wealth is exceeded only by his greed. Gorner has lately taken a disquieting interest in opiate derivatives, both legal and illegal, and this urgently bears looking into.
Bond finds a willing accomplice in the shape of a glamorous Parisian named Scarlett Papava. He will need her help in a life-and-death struggle with his most dangerous adversary yet, as a chain of events threaten to lead to global catastrophe. A British airliner goes missing over Iraq. The thunder of a coming war echoes in the Middle East. And a tide of lethal narcotics threatens to engulf a Great Britain in the throes of the social upheavals of the late sixties.
Picking up where Fleming left off, Sebastian Faulks takes Bond back to the height of the Cold War in a story of almost unbearable pace and tension. Devil May Care not only captures the very essence of Fleming’s original novels but also shows Bond facing dangers with a powerful relevance to our own times.

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    May 28, 2008

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      • ISBN: 9781415948880
      • File size: 233713 KB
      • Duration: 08:06:54

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 28, 2008
      With a delivery as cool and dry as a vodka martini, Tristan Layton brings numerous international locals and characters to life in Faulks' homage to Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond. It's 1967 and agent 007 is on a forced rest leave, but it isn't long before a new threat to the British Empire and the world has M dragging him back into action. Evil genius Dr. Julius Gorner is out to destroy Britain by flooding England with heroin. He also has an even more diabolical plan waiting in the wings. Faulks follows Fleming's traditional framework, but it's Layton's performance that keeps the rather slow storyline moving. His reading nicely enhances Faulks's prose and his proper English intonation provides the perfect stage from which his rich, multi-accented characters can project. It is a smooth, easy performance that elevates the material. A Doubleday hardcover (reviewed online).

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Faulks has written a new James Bond thriller to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth. It's the 1960s, and Bond is called in to investigate a poppy kingpin who is threatening to flood Britain with illegal drugs. Sebastian Faulks's Bond starts out moodier than listeners would expect, but this abridgment quickly transforms into a familiar Bond adventure. When it does, Tristan Layton's narration goes into full swing as well, his voice relishing the danger of Bond's encounters. He creates an impressive range of character voices, including that of a villain who exhibits a cruelty that could make listeners wince, but avoids over-the-top excess. The reading's not quite cinematic, even with music that echoes Bond scores. Nonetheless, the formula thrills make an exciting listen for Bond fans. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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