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Devil May Care
480 pages
An electrifying plunge into Cold War espionage, balancing glamorous intrigue with the unbearable tension of global stakes.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping back into the glamorous, danger-soaked world of classic mid-century espionage. The narrative moves at a propulsive, almost unbearable pace, sweeping the reader from desolate outskirts to high-stakes international intrigue. It balances the sleek, sophisticated atmosphere of the late sixties with the heavy, thunderous dread of looming global conflict and Cold War paranoia. The prose deliberately channels the electrifying essence of vintage spy thrillers, delivering sharp tension and urgent action. It is a perfect match for readers who crave high-stakes adventure, shadowy adversaries, and the thrilling rush of a race against time to prevent catastrophe.
- Mood
- danger-filled
- glamorous
- shadowy
- dread-laced
- Tone
- urgent
- tense
- classic
- electrifying
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- Cold War paranoia · global stakes · corporate greed · espionage and intrigue
- The writing
- Sharp and electrifying, deliberately channeling the classic, tension-fueled essence of mid-century spy thrillers.
- The arc
- Moves from a sudden, violent disruption of peace into a relentlessly escalating race against global catastrophe.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave classic, high-stakes espionage thrillers steeped in the glamorous and dangerous atmosphere of the Cold War.
Content notes
- violence
- drug trafficking
- war themes
About the book
Bond is back. With a vengeance. Devil May Care is a masterful continuation of the James Bond legacy--an electrifying new chapter in the life of the most iconic spy of literature and film, written to celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth on May 28, 1908.An Algerian drug runner is savagely executed in the desolate outskirts of Paris. This seemingly isolated event leads to the recall of Agent 007 from his sabbatical in Rome and his return to the world of intrigue and danger where he is most at home. The head of MI6, M, assigns him to shadow the mysterious Dr. Julius Gorner, a power-crazed pharmaceutical magnate, whose wealth is exceeded only by his greed. Gorner has lately taken a disquieting interest in opiate derivatives, both legal and illegal, and this urgently bears looking into. Bond finds a willing accomplice in the shape of a glamorous Parisian named Scarlett Papava. He will need her help in a life-and-death struggle with his most dangerous adversary yet, as a chain of events threaten to lead to global catastrophe. A British airliner goes missing over Iraq. The thunder of a coming war echoes in the Middle East. And a tide of lethal narcotics threatens to engulf a Great Britain in the throes of the social upheavals of the late sixties. Picking up where Fleming left off, Sebastian Faulks takes Bond back to the height of the Cold War in a story of almost unbearable pace and tension. Devil May Care not only captures the very essence of Fleming's original novels but also shows Bond facing dangers with a powerful relevance to our own times.From the Hardcover edition.
Description from Open Library.
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