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BENTLEY MOTORS DESIGNS LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITION OF THE NEW BOND BOOK, DEVIL MAY CARE

In a unique collaboration between three of Britain’s iconic brands – James Bond, Bentley Motors and Penguin Books - a special, limited edition of the new Bond book Devil May Care will be published on 28th May. Written by Sebastian Faulks at the invitation of Ian Fleming Publications to celebrate the Ian Fleming centenary, Devil May Care is one of the most eagerly anticipated publications of 2008.

Cars and James Bond have always had a strong association and, contrary to popular belief, Bond’s preference has historically been firmly with Bentley Motors. He owned three Bentleys in the course of the fourteen original novels written by Ian Fleming. It is fitting therefore that in Devil May Care - published to coincide with the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth - Bond is found once again in the driving seat of his favourite car.

To mark the reunion, Penguin approached Bentley to produce a luxury, limited edition of Devil May Care. The result is a beautiful and striking edition which takes its inspiration from hard-covers of the original 1950s and 1960s Bond books combined with the stylish Bentley owner’s manuals and handbooks of the era. Inside the book is a specially designed model pewter Bentley, described in detail by Fleming in Thunderball.

Bentley Chief Designer Dirk van Braeckel says, “Transferring our design knowledge from the car world to a book was a new challenge for us, but working closely with Penguin, we think we have come up with a unique product which is complementary to the history of Bentley and Bond that can be appreciated by all.”

Only 300 copies of the Special Series edition will be produced, costing £750 each, available exclusively from the Penguin James Bond books website (www.penguin007.com).

The design

Evoking the feeling of the Cold War period in which Devil May Care is set, the edition is bound in Bodoniana style cases and finished in burnt oak leather sourced from the tannery in Italy which provides the hides for Bentley’s interiors.  The iconic Bentley diamond pattern found on the radiator grille and upholstery of modern Bentley’s, is hand-stitched on the leather casing and the front cover and spine is finished with the silver Bentley ‘Flying B’ – the radiator cap of the Bentley’s of Bond’s time.

The inside of the casing is trimmed in deep red hotspur leather and has the striking fluting used on the 1950’s and 1960’s Bentley interior upholstery.  Each book has a unique edition number embossed on a black aluminium plate produced the same company that makes the Bentley engine plates.

Fleming described in detail a modified Bentley R type in Thunderball and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service which Bond loving called ‘the Locomotive’.  The car never existed but, using Fleming’s exact specifications, a cast and polished 1:43 scale model of the car has been hand crafted by Bentley for this edition.  The miniature is inserted into the book in a car-shaped hole and is individually numbered to match the plate on the inside cover.  Each book is protected by a custom-made Plexiglass slip case, which will be sealed in protective and numbered wrapping.

Devil May Care (Limited Edition)

Written by Sebastian Faulks

• Category: Fiction
• Format: Hardcover, 416 pages 
• On Sale: June 2, 2008
• Price: $1,500.00
• ISBN: 978-0-385-52867-2 (0-385-52867-1)

• ABOUT THIS BOOK This Copy is nr 271

  200 copies sold out in 2 hours
  Only 100 copies left, available only in USA at Randomhouse. $1500
  
  It is with the greatest delight that we present the Bentley Special Series edition of Devil May Care. The ultimate in luxury editions — this beautifully crafted book represents a unique alliance between two of the world’s most iconic brands: James Bond and Bentley Motors.
  
  Cars and James Bond have always had a special association — our favourite spy is suitably famed for his fast cars and even faster driving. Whether it’s in pursuit of an arch-nemesis or a beautiful woman, Bond is always at home behind the wheel of a luxury sports car. Contrary to popular belief however, Bond’s preference has historically been firmly with Bentley Motors.

Producer
Albert "Cubby"Broccoli
Harry Saltzman
Barbara Broccoli
Michael G,Wilson

Writers to all Bond books
Ian Fleming  
Amis Kingsley
Raymond Benson 
John Gardner
Charlie Higson
Sebastian Faulks
Jeffery Deaver
Neal Purvis screenwriter
Robert Wade screenwriter
Bondbooks

James Bond actors
Barry Nelson
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Craig

James Bond Composers
Monty Norman 1
John Barry 11
George Martin 1
Marvin Hamlisch 1
Bill Conti 1
Michael Kamen 1
Eric Serra 1
David Arnold  5
James Bond Music
22 Best Bondsoundtrack

Bondgirls
Honey Ryder Ursula Andress
Britt Ekland 
Izabella Scorupco
Maud Adams 
Kristina Wayborn
Mary Stavin 
Halle Berry JINX

Bond Villians
Jaws (Rickard Kiel)

Pinewood Studios 

FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING
 

After just 4 days of sales, Devil May Care, the new James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks, has sold 44,093 copies making it Penguin's fastest selling hardback fiction title ever. Previous Penguin bestsellers by the likes of Tom Clancy and Nick Hornby have sold about 11,500 copies in their first four days, the publisher said.

The novel enters the charts this week at no. 1 in all relevant categories. Waterstone's saw the highest sales selling over 19,000 copies. The Waterstone's special edition of Devil May Care, retailing at £100, had sold out by midday on the 28th May - the day it went on sale. 

Above: Devil May Care  
Ovan: Devil May Care
 



I Djävulens Tjänst av Sebastian Faulks skriver som Ian Fleming en James Bond roman

 

Devil May Care one of 500 only signed, boxed, numbered limited UK edition still sealed in publisher s shrink-wrap 
(ISBN: 0718154495 / 0-7181-5449-5 ) Sebastian Faulks

Första exet av I Djävulens Tjänst av Sebastian Faulks i Sverige.
Finns i James Bond 007 Museet i Nybro och äges av Mr James Bond.

I Djävulens Tjänst av Sebastian Faulks skriver som Ian Fleming en James Bond roman

Första exemplaret av "I Djävulens Tjänst" av Sebastian Faulks i Sverige.
Finns i James Bond 007 Museet i Nybro och äges av Mr James Bond.


Above: Devil May Care Ovan: Devil May Care  

BYTTE BÖCKER
– Det var fantastiskt roligt att få vara med om en sådan grej. Jag träffade den legendariska bokförläggaren Albert Bonnier, som fick ett signerat exemplar av mig och så bytte jag böcker med konstnären Ernst Billgren och författaren Björn Hellberg, säger Gunnar, som redan börjat planera för en uppföljare, som kanske kommer att gå mer på djupet än den första boken.
http://www.007museum.com/NT_Bond.htm

Sebastian Faulks
"Han har en förmåga att skriva övertygande oavsett vilken period eller genre han väljer... Sebastian har skrivit den perfekta boken för att fira Ians hundrade födelsedag."

Corinne Turner, vd för Ian Fleming Publications Limited

Bibliography Books

A Trick of the Light   Bodley Head, 1984
The Girl at the Lion d'Or   Hutchinson, 1989
A Fool's Alphabet   Hutchinson, 1992
Birdsong   Hutchinson, 1993
The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives   Hutchinson, 1996
Charlotte Gray   Hutchinson, 1998
The Vintage Book of War Stories   (editor with Jorg Hensgen)   Vintage, 1999
On Green Dolphin Street   Hutchinson, 2001
Human Traces   Hutchinson, 2005
Pistache   Hutchinson, 2006
Engleby   Hutchinson, 2007
Devil May Care   Penguin, 2008

Prizes and awards
1994   British Book Awards Author of the Year
1998   James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction)   (shortlist)   Charlotte Gray
2002   CBE

Biography Himself

Sebastian Faulks was born on 20 April 1953 and was educated at Wellington College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was the first literary editor of The Independent and became deputy editor of the Independent on Sunday before leaving in 1991 to concentrate on writing. He has been a columnist for The Guardian (1992-8) and the Evening Standard (1997-9). He continues to contribute articles and reviews to a number of newspapers and magazines. He wrote and presented the Channel 4 Television series 'Churchill's Secret Army', screened in 1999. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

His first novel, A Trick of the Light, was published in 1984. His other novels include The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989), set in France between the First and Second World Wars, and the bestselling Birdsong (1993), the story of a young Englishman called Stephen Wraysford and his harrowing experiences fighting in northern France during the First World War. The main narrative is intercut with scenes from the life of Stephen's granddaughter, Elizabeth, a young woman living in the 1970s who travels to France to discover more about her grandfather's life. The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives (1996) is a multiple biography of the lives of the artist Christopher Wood, airman Richard Hillary and spy Jeremy Wolfenden.

His fifth novel, Charlotte Gray (1998), completes the loose trilogy of books about France with an account of the adventures of a young Scottish woman who becomes involved with the French resistance during the Second World War. A film adaptation of the novel, starring Cate Blanchett, was first screened in 2002. His next novel, On Green Dolphin Street (2001), is a love story set against the backdrop of the Cold War. Human Traces, a book set in the 19th century and telling the tale of two friends who set up a pioneering asylum, was published in 2005. His latest novel is Engleby (2007). He has recently written Devil May Care, a new James Bond novel commissioned by the Ian Fleming estate to mark the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth in 2008.

Pistache(2006) is a collection of parodies and pastiches, mostly from BBC Radio 4's The Write Stuff.

Sebastian Faulks lives with his wife and three children in London. He was awarded the CBE in 2002.

Sebastian Faulks skriver som Ian Fleming

Namnet är Bond, James Bond ...

Bond är tillbaka. För 42 år sedan skrev Ian Fleming sin sista roman om agent 007, James Bond. Nu återvänder världens mest berömde fiktive spion i I djävulens tjänst, ett kalla kriget-äventyr vars handling för läsaren till exotiska platser över hela världen. Ian Flemings arvtagare har bett den högt ansedde romanförfattaren Sebastian Faulks att ta över där Flemings berättelse slutade.

Resultatet är ett mästerverk som kommer att slå varje James Bond-fan med häpnad. Men I djävulens tjänst är mer än bara en hyllning till Bonds historia, det är en modern thriller som står på egna ben med sin snärtiga prosa och massvis av 007-action.

Sebastian Faulks fick sitt internationella genombrott med romanen Fågelsång, som kom på svenska 1999. Den följdes av ytterligare tre stora romaner, Charlotte Gray, På Green Dolphin Street och En människas spår. Charlotte Gray har också blivit en uppmärksammad film.

Källa: 2008, Svenska Internetbokhandeln AB, Stockholm

I Djävulens Tjänst 
av Sebastian Faulks skriver 
som Ian Fleming en James Bond roman.