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A good effort - from my limited experience of Bond books, I can't really tell this apart from one. The plot is interesting and perilous and goes places bond never went before (e.g. the Soviet Union and Persia). It also has all most of the ingredients in the right proportions (girls, guns & glamour), which make for a good action adventure, without lapsing into cliche.
A word on the narrator. Jeremy Northam isn't as good as Rufus Sewell is on the other Bond audio books, but is clear and slightly edgy which make for a well spoken and not dull voice, even if it is not overly brimming with character at times...
My one criticism is that the text is a little crude at various points, which I know the Bond books can be, but this one seemed unnecessarily lecherous in its attempt to make Gorner out to be evil. The whole 'parade' and workers harem do add to the vileness of the baddy, but don't really add much to the plot, other than to make the baddy a bit too much of a Stalinist caricature.
So, all in all, it is good. The best thing about it is that the audio book has a bond song recorded by 'Sal', which wipes the floor with any other bond theme song I've heard since tomorrow never dies. Can't get it on iLike, but it is a raw and gritty song that makes you wish for a film version...
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I have just finished reading Devil May Care and am surprised at all of the rave reviews the book has been getting.
I have collected and read/re-read all of the James Bond books over the years by Ian Flemming, Robert Markham (aka Kingsley Amis), John Gardner & Raymond Benson and found Sebastian Faulks story to be almost James Bond by numbers when compared to his predecessors. The climax (or should I say anti climax) of the book in which Bond kills the villain is almost tagged on as an after thought. The one thing I did enjoy was the fact the story is set in the 1960's directly after The Man With The Golden Gun.
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Still worthy of a read but nowhere near as good as the original master 'Fleming'. The plot still draws you in but the outcome is predictable! When I bought this I purchased a novel from a new author 'De Marco Empire' and i found this to be much more exciting - on the edge of the seat stuff and definitely NOT predictable ... check it out!
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It's my own fault that I really didn't enjoy this book. Faulks makes it clear that he is writing as Ian Flemming. Whether he achieves this I will leave to those more qualified than I. However from reading other reviews opinions seem to be mixed. I suppose I had hoped that he would inject a bit of the Faulks magic into Bond.
Devil May Care is almost completely devoid of insight or interesting observation, the plot is thin and unconvincing and place description so cursory you felt you could be virtually anywhere. The characters are superficial and the twist frankly risible.
One might feel that Faulks attempts to rehabilitate Bonds reputation as a sexual predator was worthy except for the way in which he then associates this with a loss of secret agent prowess.
If you are already an Ian Flemming fan then this book might be worth a look otherwise I'd steer clear. Let's hope the fall from the superb Engelby does not do Faulks any permanent damage.
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Try not to think too deeply who has written this book; let's face it, Sebastian Faulks is a very good author! This book is pretty close to the Ian Fleming originals and is a good read. It will be interesting how the film franchise adapts this story? A resurgent Iran, drugs from Afghanistan...very current affairs!
