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Saturday, 31st May 2008

Sebastian Faulks' James Bond novel fails to bowl over the NYT's reviewer:

What he delivers is a serviceable madeleine for Bond nostalgists and a decent replica of past Bond escapades. But if you didn’t pick up “Devil May Care” convinced that Bond was an enduring pop-cultural landmark, you would not come away with that conclusion....There is a whiff of “Sebastian Faulks writing as Alan Furst” and not doing it with any great flair.
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