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Devil May Care Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Sebastian Faulks (Author), John Lee (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 1,223 ratings
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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 60s. 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.

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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 6 minutes
  2. Author
    Sebastian Faulks
  3. Narrator
    John Lee
  4. Audible release date
    August 13, 2015
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Random House Audio
  7. ASIN
    B013VOQ12W
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 8 hours and 6 minutes
Author Sebastian Faulks
Narrator John Lee
Audible.com Release Date August 13, 2015
Publisher Random House Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B013VOQ12W
Best Sellers Rank #78,905 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#170 in Mystery Action Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#602 in International Mystery & Crime (Audible Books & Originals)
#814 in Espionage Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals)

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Famof6
5.0 out of 5 stars Great 007 Continuation
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020
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Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks was a rather interesting James Bond novel. Sebastian Faulks successfully managed to emulate the voice of Ian Flemming throughout the course of the very intriguing story. This allowed the book to flow in a clear and fluid manner making it a clear and easy read.

Due to the fact that Devil May Care was written by a different author for a James Bond novel one might think that it may influence certain vital factors of a James Bond novel that would be discarded however that is not the case here. The clear James Bonds styled plot which includes one baddie or evil man, henchmen/man, traveling to more than one country, violent or graphic deaths or methods of torture, a double agent or additional character of significance, traps or tricks the evil man has up there sleeve.

Spoiler Alert: Collectively all of these factors were included in the book making it an excellent bond story. Due to the facts that this book has many scenes that I am fond of such as the tennis match in which Gorner the enemy cheats in order to ensure his victory at the games which is a neat addition to the plot and a rather funny scenario or concept commonly used in James Bond books developing a character or scene for the enemy. I also thought the two violent and graphically described torture scenes, as well as the death of the enemy, were fantastic at portraying the tyrannical acts that happen in a James Bond Novel.

Lastly, the language and attention to detail throughout the book connects the vital factors of a novel, violence, and action all together creating a vivid image in the reader's head and providing a superb James Bond experience.

To conclude I will give the book Devil May Care a 5-star review of the plot, selective language and violent elements of the enemy. The story was delivered successfully, clearly and in an enjoyable manner. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys action books or has read other books by James Bond.
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Joseph P. Menta, Jr.
4.0 out of 5 stars A devil of an engaging read
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2008
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A fun, fast read, and a definite treat for Bond fans, "Devil May Care" nails Fleming's unique, entertaining combination of sex, sadism, and civility. This one really feels like Fleming himself sat down to write one more Bond novel after "The Man With The Golden Gun", the original series' swan song (not counting a short-story compilation or two that appeared shortly after that final book).

The main plot, involving an eccentric villain seeking to trick Western and Communist powers into starting a war with each other, will be either satisfyingly familiar or disappointingly familiar to Bond fans (myself, I felt a little of both sentiments), but everything moves along at a nice clip, with lots of danger, action, and women. And it's all laced with Bond's cynical yet ultimately optimistic take on things.

I will say that the long chapter featuring Bond playing tennis with the villain was a bit of a haul to get through. But then again, so was Fleming's chapter in "Goldfinger" featuring Bond's golf match with that villain. So, author Faulks was even good at emulating Fleming's occasional dry indulgences!

And for my fellow "Kindlers" out there, "Devil May Care" reads extremely well on the Amazon Kindle. My favorite moment was when I was reading a passage involving Bond, a prisoner aboard an airliner at the time, reminiscing about how he usually enjoyed air travel: the quiet time to relax it afforded, the peaceful cloudscapes going by, how he would usually sip a Bloody Mary and eventually open an engaging adventure novel to pass the time, that sort of thing. It was a favorite moment because, as I read that passage- no lie- I was sitting on a plane, reading my Bond adventure on my Kindle, and sipping a Bloody Mary. I had to smile. I guess we all have a little bit of James Bond in us!
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David C. Hackney
5.0 out of 5 stars Reads like Fleming
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2023
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Classic Bond. Excellent. Picks up where the last Fleming book ended. Would make an excellent film but not likely because it is set in early 1960s
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Parker
3.0 out of 5 stars A good attempt at a literary relaunch for 007.
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2008
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There is good and bad in the new Bond novel. It is great to see 007 back in print and back in his own era. The 1967 setting harkens back to the best of Bond, both in print and on screen. Fleming's novels of the 50's and 60's have never been surpassed by any of the continuation authors and the film series varies in quality after Thunderball, the fourth and final movie to adapt Fleming's work faithfully.
So what's good about Sebastian Faulk's novel? The story picks up after the events of "The Man with the Golden Gun", which gives a sense of continuity which is present in the best of Fleming's books. We see that Bond is still recovering from the beatings he received in the last two novels, where he was humiliated by being brainwashed by the Soviets and was almost responsible for the assassination of M.
The books final confrontation aboard an airliner is also handled extremely well by Faulks. He created the same sense of dread in the face of overwhelming odds that I felt reading Dr. No, Moonraker and Live and Let Die. Bond's foray through the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the show down with the bad guys is a fun read too; with Bond trying to remain undercover in hostile enemy territory.
As for the bad of the book?
Setting much of the story in Pre-revolutionary Iran may not have been such a great idea. The activities of the US and UK in that country during the reign of the Shah were villainous, no two ways about it. The UK was looting Iran's oil and the Shah, as their puppet, brutally kept the locals in check while they did so. Compared to this, it is hard to take fictional villain Dr. Gorner seriously. This also means that Bond is aiding his government in doing some very dirty and underhanded work, a common theme in some of the Fleming books, but never so overt.
I also found this book to be a little too long. I think the page count could have been kept under 200, rather than 300 pages. The story just doesn't warrant the length and the book sags in the middle as a result. Julius Gorner isn't much of a villain; he is a little flat and uninteresting, although Faulks gives him a good reason for being who he is.
Faulks also slips a few times; I found some of the references to Goldfinger and other Bond adventures unnecessary and distracting, since they were only dropped to tie in better with the Fleming books, and served no purpose story wise, but that's a small gripe.
If Mr. Faulks or another author of quality choose to continue with this new series I would certainly be interested, but I hope that we can see something with a little more punch. Perhaps we can see Mr. Sebastian Faulks writing as Sebastian Faulks next time.
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Ms poppins london
5.0 out of 5 stars I did not expect…
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2023
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..this James Bond story by Sebastian Faulks to be so good but it is… excellent in fact. Great holiday read, well written as one would imagine.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Written on a classical Ian flemming still, it's a new classic
Reviewed in Spain on December 10, 2022
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It's a new classical bond story up to the point you can visualised Connery on the acting. I loved more " Trigger Mortis" on this new books but this one is quite enjoyable.
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MACLUSKY
5.0 out of 5 stars James Bond’s Greatest Hit’s just as good 10 years later.
Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2018
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If “Vulcan’s bombing Ekranoplan’s.” Isn’t enough fo you Faulk’s writing is spot on terrific. It’s too my mind the best modern authorized continuation novel and in some way’s this loving imitation is at time’s superior to the original’s . The book is in brief a James Bond greatest hit’s parade and well worth the read.
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Arjun
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect to the mark
Reviewed in India on September 6, 2018
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I just loved it. The author has done a great job. I loved this book. You can quite relate this book with a james bond novel named Solo by William Boyd!!
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djb
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Bond
Reviewed in Italy on April 27, 2014
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James Bond is always good to read but this attempt falls way below Ian Fleming`s standard . Implausible villains and an absurd plot plus a hopeless charade with the twins sub plot make this a poor pastiche of a novel . Faulks is really shown up by the highly believable Solo by William Boyd . Anyway I bought it and read on the strength of James Bond that said a reread will not be on the cards for quite some time .
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