A devil of an engaging read | Devil May Care

Good to read you again Mr Bond | Devil May Care | Sebastian Faulks

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	• Devil May Care Sebastian Faulks Doubleday, 2008 - 278 pages average customer review:based on 78 reviews view larger image
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Yes, this indeed Flemming

This is indeed a perfect James Bond novel. It is as exactly the piece of bad writing we would have expected from Ian Fleming. Do you remember how bad these original novels were? I read them again a few years ago and was amazed about how shallow they were. Never-the-less, I love the James Bond legacy and this book fits the mold exactly. If you love Ian Fleming then read it. Don't expect great literature or believable action - it's just not the style of Bond, but it is what we love.

A devil of an engaging read

A fun, fast read, and a definite treat for Bond fans, "Devil May Care" nails Fleming's unique, entertaining combination of sex, sadism, and civility. This one really feels like Fleming himself sat down to write one more Bond novel after "The Man With The Golden Gun", the original series' swan song (not counting a short-story compilation or two that appeared shortly after that final book).

The main plot, involving an eccentric villain seeking to trick Western and Communist powers into starting a war with each other, will be either satisfyingly familiar or disappointingly familiar to Bond fans (myself, I felt a little of both sentiments), but everything moves along at a nice clip, with lots of danger, action, and women. And it's all laced with Bond's cynical yet ultimately optimistic take on things.

I will say that the long chapter featuring Bond playing tennis with the villain was a bit of a haul to get through. But then again, so was Fleming's chapter in "Goldfinger" featuring Bond's golf match with that villain. So, author Faulks was even good at emulating Fleming's occasional dry indulgences!

And for my fellow "Kindlers" out there, "Devil May Care" reads extremely well on the Amazon Kindle. My favorite moment was when I was reading a passage involving Bond, a prisoner aboard an airliner at the time, reminiscing about how he usually enjoyed air travel: the quiet time to relax it afforded, the peaceful cloudscapes going by, how he would usually sip a Bloody Mary and eventually open an engaging adventure novel to pass the time, that sort of thing. It was a favorite moment because, as I read that passage- no lie- I was sitting on a plane, reading my Bond adventure on my Kindle, and sipping a Bloody Mary. I had to smile. I guess we all have a little bit of James Bond in us!

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Good to read you again Mr Bond

Certainly a page turner and Bond's enemy is reminiscent of the Goldfinger / Oddjob combination. It harks back to the 60's but with issues that are still prevalent today. It would be interesting to see if this got made into a film as certain aspects that draw the suspense in the book would have to be technologically `updated'.

A very enjoyable read, Faulks has done a fine job.

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