Devil May Care (James Bond) - Sebastian Faulks

Ian Fleming was a bit of character. If you believe everything that you read about him you would get a picture of a womanising drinker hell bent on living life just like his creation James Bond. His attitude permeated his books and from day one Bond was a very dapper creation whose opinion of foreigners and women is not quite in tune with today's society. Over the years a succession of authors took over the Bond franchise and each one gave the hero a more up to date and rounded feel. By the books written in the 90s the Bond we knew was no longer to be seen. Therefore, when I read that a Bond was being written by noted author Sebastian Faulks in the style of Fleming I ...

I'll be the first to admit that I've never been a massive Bond fan until I saw Casino Royale. I personally thought that this film was much better than the rest of them and when I saw the new book come out I thought I would give it a try. The interesting thing about the book is that it is the first Bond book not written by Ian Fleming. Instead, Sebastian Faulks has written it. However, Mr Faulks did apparently read all of the other Bond books written by Ian Fleming in order to get an idea of how he wrote the books so as to try and repeat it. I never read Ian Fleming's books so I can't really say how well it's written compared to the others. The book ...

This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. To mark this there are a number of exhibitions and events taking place to celebrate someone who gave us one of the cinema's iconic characters and a literary figure that still sells today. Events throughout the year include exhibitions about Fleming at the Imperial War Museum in London and various Art shows relating to the well known and well loved jacket covers of the novels. As Fleming sadly passed away over 45 years ago, the Ian Fleming Publications Ltd proposed to mark this event in the only way they knew how, and that was to release a Bond novel, but who would write ...