As an exercise in perfect parody, Devil May Care is a commendable achievement, even if Faulks didn’t intend any irreverence. And why should he? Bond send-ups constitute their own industry. Bond novels and spin-offs are the ultimate palimpsests — texts layered on top of each other, with remnants of erased writing still visible. For a novelist whose previous work includes a book of pastiche called Pistache, the genre must come easy. And he’s set a new Bond standard for the next person to try her hand at the thrilling business of “writing as Fleming”.
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