DATE: 06/08/2008 21:54:56 / MOOD: in love
The name’s Bond and he is born againThink of James Bond
and the next name that pops up in the mind is his creator late Ian
Fleming who gave us those thrilling exploits of the secret spy. And now
London-based journalist-turned writer Sebastian Faulks has stepped into
Fleming's shoes to take the legacy of the 007 agent ahead.
Written
to celebrate the centenary of Fleming's birth (May 28, 1908), Devil May
Care is an electrifying new chapter in the life of the iconic spy.
In
Devil May Care, Faulks takes Bond back to the height of the Cold War in
a story of almost unbearable pace and tension. The new novel, the 36th
on the secret spy, not only captures the very essence of Fleming's
original novels but also tells Bond facing dangers with a powerful
relevance to our own times.
The book, dealing with global drug
trade, takes Bond to Iran, the Caspian Sea and Russia. A savage
execution in the desolate outskirts of Paris sets in motion a chain of
events designed to lead only to global catastrophe -- a tide of lethal
narcotics threatens to engulf Britain of the 1960s, a British airliner
goes missing over Iraq and the thunder of coming war echoes round the
Middle East.
Bond finds a willing accomplice in the shape of a glamorous Parisian called Scarlett Papava.
Fleming
introduced Bond to the world in his first novel Casino Royale in 1952.
He went on to pen 13 more Bond novels, the last being Octupussy And The
Living Daylights in 1966.
Faulks is the not the first man to
write as Ian Fleming. Kingsley Amis, John Pearson, Christopher Wood,
John Gardner and Raymond Benson had filled in as writers of full-length
Bond novels between 1968 and 2002.
Faulks, who started his
career as a journalist before taking to full-time writing, is best
known for his trilogy - The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Charlotte Gray and
Birdsong.
He was selected by the Fleming estate in 2006 to write
Devil May Care, which has been published by Penguin. Appointed CBE in
2002, Faulks' most recent novel is Engleby (2006).
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