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05-05-2008, 09:39 AM
In commemoration of author (and creator of the timeless character James Bond) Ian Fleming’s would be 100th birthday, Doubleday is proud to announce the publication of the brand-new James Bond novel DEVIL MAY CARE to be released on May 28, 2008. The author and acclaimed novelist Sebastian Faulks, best known for his award-winning French trilogy The Girl at the Lion d’Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray, was hand-picked by the Fleming estate to pen the novel in Fleming's voice. The book will read like vintage Fleming: exciting, sexy, action-packed—everything you would expect from the classic James Bond series.
Sebastian Faulks on writing DEVIL MAY CARE:
“I was surprised but flattered to be asked by Ian Fleming publications if I would write a one-off Bond book for the Ian Fleming centenary. I told them that I hadn’t read the books since the age of 13, but if when I re-read them, I still enjoyed them, and could see how I might be able to do something in the same vein, then I would be happy to consider it.
On re-reading, I was surprised by how well the books stood up. I put this down to three things: the sense of jeopardy Fleming creates about his solitary hero; a certain playfulness in the narrative details; and a crisp, journalistic style that hasn’t dated.
I developed a prose that is about 80 percent Fleming, I didn’t go the final distance for fear of straying into pastiche, but I strictly observed his rules of chapter and sentence construction. My novel is meant to stand in the line of Fleming’s own books, where the story is everything.”
One of the most compelling writers of our time, Sebastian Faulks brings us a riveting and unforgettable novel that captures the original sprit of Ian Fleming’s iconic series.
Official Site: http://www.randomhouse.com/quizzes/index.cgi?DevilMayCare
Sebastian Faulks on writing DEVIL MAY CARE:
“I was surprised but flattered to be asked by Ian Fleming publications if I would write a one-off Bond book for the Ian Fleming centenary. I told them that I hadn’t read the books since the age of 13, but if when I re-read them, I still enjoyed them, and could see how I might be able to do something in the same vein, then I would be happy to consider it.
On re-reading, I was surprised by how well the books stood up. I put this down to three things: the sense of jeopardy Fleming creates about his solitary hero; a certain playfulness in the narrative details; and a crisp, journalistic style that hasn’t dated.
I developed a prose that is about 80 percent Fleming, I didn’t go the final distance for fear of straying into pastiche, but I strictly observed his rules of chapter and sentence construction. My novel is meant to stand in the line of Fleming’s own books, where the story is everything.”
One of the most compelling writers of our time, Sebastian Faulks brings us a riveting and unforgettable novel that captures the original sprit of Ian Fleming’s iconic series.
Official Site: http://www.randomhouse.com/quizzes/index.cgi?DevilMayCare