Devil May Care
by Sebastian Faulks
List Price:
Our Price: $4.86
You Save: $20.09 (81%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Sebastian FaulksEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-28
ISBN: 0385524285
Number of pages: 278
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Reviews of Devil May Care
Book Review: Tepid, Tired, and Timid.
Summary: 2 Stars
Bond may like his showers as hot as he can stand, followed by a shivering cold finish, but the temperature of the latest Bond novel is decidedly tepid. While some may applaud the return to past days and the mimickry of Ian Fleming's style, there is little here to appeal to a true Bond fan. The plot is both uninteresting and unbelievable, while being wholly unoriginal. The characters are caricatures. The action is abrupt and unsatisfying. And, when not dousing the reader with French and descriptions of everything Bond eats during the course of the book, the narrative is filled with touchstones that are so cliche' as to mock the Bond universe without mirth--underground lairs, before-I-kill-you-Mr.-Bond explanations of the bad guy's evil plot, deformed bad guys, and non-credible placement of Bond in the midst of the climactic event. I don't so much mind that the story is placed in the past and not updated for women's lib and new tech (like the Gardner Bond stories--which, good and bad, are all more interesting that this one), but that there is no increase in sophistication for the reader--just the same tired tricks we have seen before. And worst of all, Bond's spy skills are completely unimpressive--he blunders along making poor choices and surviving by luck and plot conveniences. I will not read another Faulks Bond novel--I barely forced myself to finish this one. Donald J. Bingle, Author of GREENSWORD: A Tale of Extreme Global Warming.
Summary of Devil May Care
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.
10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT JAMES BOND & IAN FLEMING
A Quiz
Q: Although James Bond is regarded by many as the quintessential English hero, he is actually not English. What is his nationality in the books?A: He is half Scottish and half Swiss. He also hates that most English of drinks, tea--and describes it as 'mud'!
Q: Bond has had many famous incarnations on the big screen but, prior to these, he was first played on the radio by which British actor and game show host?
A: Bob Holness of Blockbusters fame
Q: Which Bond villain shares a birthday with his creator?
A: Ernst Stavro Blofeld. On Her Majesty's Secret Service reveals that Blofeld was born on 28 May 1908. Ian Lancaster Fleming entered the world on the same day at 7 Green Street in London.
Q: Which American President was a big fan of the Fleming novels?
A: President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was known to be a big fan of Fleming and listed From Russia With Love as one of his top 10 favourite books. Bizarrely, both Kennedy and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald are believed to have been reading Bond novels the night before Kennedy was killed.
Q: Which famed children's author helped Ian Fleming adapt his children's adventure story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the big screen?
A: Roald Dahl
Q: Where did Fleming write all his Bond books?
A: At Goldeneye, his Jamaican home. Although now part of a luxurious holiday resort, the house was very basic in Fleming's time--so much so that his friend and neighbour Noel Coward referred to it as Goldeneye, Nose and Throat!
Q: Although Ursula Andress wears the most famous bikini in cinema history in her iconic performance in Doctor No, in Fleming's novel of the same name the character Honeychile Rider wears even less. What does she wear?
A: She is naked save for a knife-belt.
Q: The first Bond novel, Casino Royale, originally had a different title when it was published in the US. Under what title was it initially published here?
A: The initial title here was You Asked For It.
Q: What is James Bond's favorite meal?
A: Breakfast. He has a particular penchant for scrambled eggs, and the short story 007 in New York even includes his own recipe for them.
Q: Who is Miss Moneypenny named for?
A: Miss Moneypenny was named after a character in an unpublished novel written by Ian Fleming's brother, the travel writer Peter Fleming.
Action & Adventure Books
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
King of the Wind: Deluxe Editionby Marguerite Henry
Diane Pub Co; Published: 2001-01-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $20.25
Price in other shops:
Torpedoby Jeff Edwards
iUniverse Star; Published: 2006-05-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $19.95
Black and Ugly (Triple Crown Publications Presents)by T. Styles
Triple Crown Publications; Published: 2007-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.64
Price in other shops:
Rainbow Boysby Alex Sanchez
Demco Media; Published: 2001-03; Turtleback; Book
Price in other shops:
The River Whyby David James Duncan
Literature; Sierra Club Books; Published: 2002-08-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.21
Price in other shops:
Quiet He Might Hear Youby Nadine Monyer
PublishAmerica; Published: 2004-01-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $23.02
Price in other shops:
Torn (Triple Crown Publications Presents)by Keisha Ervin
Triple Crown Publications; Published: 2007-08-21; Perfect Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.25
Price in other shops:
My Soul to Keepby Tananarive Due
Piatkus; Published: 1997; Paperback; Book
Whore (Triple Crown Publications Presents)by Tanika Lynch
Triple Crown Publications; Published: 2006-05-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.85
Price in other shops:
Le Fin (Lambert)by Victoria Taylor Murray
PublishAmerica; Published: 2002-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops:
The Whole Truthby David Baldacci
Vision; Published: 2009-02-24; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.04
Price in other shops:
The Moneypenny DiariesThomas Dunne Books; Published: 2008-05-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.97
Price in other shops:
Rules of Deceptionby Christopher Reich
Doubleday; Published: 2008-07-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.49
Price in other shops:
The Young Bond Series, Book Three: Double or Die (A James Bond Adventure)by Charlie Higson
Hyperion Book CH; Published: 2009-03-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
Plague Ship (The Oregon Files)by Clive Cussler, Jack DuBrul
Berkley; Published: 2009-02-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.50
Price in other shops:
Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12)by Lee Child
Dell; Published: 2009-03-24; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.44
Price in other shops:
![Quantum of Solace [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Quantum-of-Solace-Blu-ray-B001PPLIFU-X.jpg)
Quantum of Solace [Blu-ray]Release date: 2009-03-24; DVD
Best price: $23.75
Price in other shops:
Moscow Rules (Gabriel Allon)by Daniel Silva
Putnam Adult; Published: 2008-07-22; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.90
Price in other shops:
The Spies of Warsaw: A Novelby Alan Furst
Random House; Published: 2008-06-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.87
Price in other shops:
Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Storiesby Ian Fleming
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2008-08-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.27
Price in other shops: