Well-known British author Sebastian Faulks will write a new James Bond novel to mark the birth centenary of Ian Fleming, the creator of the super spy.
MUMBAI: Well-known British author Sebastian Faulks will write a new James Bond novel to mark the birth centenary of Ian Fleming, the creator of the super spy.
The book, 'Devil May Care', will be published on May 28, 2008, Fleming's birth centenary. It will be distributed in Britain by Penguin and in the US by Doubleday while Penguin Books India are the exclusive distributors for the novel in the country.
Ian Fleming Publications had announced in July 2006 that a new Bond book had been commissioned and after a year of speculation, the author and title were revealed on Wednesday.
Faulks is best-known for his French trilogy, 'The Girl at the Lion d'Or', 'Birdsong' and 'Charlotte Gray', which was filmed with Cate Blanchett in the title role.
The trilogy has sold almost four million copies in Britain. In all, Faulks has written 10 books, including eight novels, the most recent of which, 'Engleby', was issued in May this year.
"We had Sebastian Faulks in mind for our centenary novel for quite some time. I have always enjoyed and admired his novels," Corinne Turner, managing director of Ian Fleming Publications, said in London.
Faulks, born in April 1953, was brought up in Newbury, Berkshire, and educated at Wellington College and Cambridge. He lives with his wife and three children in London.
The last of Fleming's Bond books, 'Octopussy and The Living Daylights', was published in 1966.
Forty-two years later and in keeping with tradition, 'Devil May Care' is set in the Cold War and the action is played out across two continents, exotic locations and in the world's most thrilling cities.
"I found writing this light-hearted book more thrilling than expected. I hope people will enjoy reading it and that Ian Fleming would consider it to be in the cavalier spirit of his own novels and therefore an acceptable addition to the line," Faulks said.
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