DEVIL MAY CARE Interview w/ Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks, author of the new James Bond novel DEVIL MAY CARE, recently sat down to give a special interview to discuss his new novel and what it was like to be handed the torch of the iconic Bond series from the estate of famed author Ian Fleming. Faulks explains how he tailored his writing process to mirror Mr. Fleming’s in order to achieve the kind of authentic, sexy, action-packed adventure that we all know and expect from a 007 novel. You can view the entire interview here.

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.”

Official Site for DEVIL MAY CARE