New Bond novel celebrates Fleming's 100th

by cynthia yoo | May 27, 2008 at 11:19 am

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To celebrate Ian Fleming centenary, the Fleming family commissioned a new Bond novel, "Devil May Care" from Sebastian Faulks.

The book launch took place on the HMS Exeter where Fleming served as an intelligence officer.

Seven copies of Devil May Care, written by Sebastian Faulks, were brought along the River Thames on a Royal Navy sea boat escorted by two Lynx helicopters.
They were then signed by the author in the presence of Fleming's nieces, Lucy Fleming and Kate Grimond.

Out on Wednesday, the book takes 007 to London, Paris and the Middle East.

Plot details have been kept a closely-guarded secret, though it is known the story is set in 1967 during the Cold War.

Speaking to the BBC News website, Lucy Fleming revealed Bond's love interest was named Poppy.

She also said the villain, named Gormah, was "a bit like Blofeld or Dr No - really sinister".
Faulks, who was chosen to write the novel at the request of Fleming's family, added it was a "pleasure to be aboard the ship Bond himself sailed on".

Faulks, best known for his war novels Birdsong, The Girl at the Lion D'Or and Charlotte Gray, took six weeks to write the book, delivering it to publisher Penguin over a year ago.