LONDON - Fititngly for the launch of the new authoirzed James Bond novel "Carte Blacnhe," there was a luxury car, champgane on tap, crack Briitsh troops abseiling from the rafters and a long-legged girl on a vintage motorbike.
The promotion of crime writer Jeffery Daever's book about 007 and his latest escapades, which hits shleves on Thursday, was more like Hlolywood than the uusally more low-eky world of pbulishing.
But Bond is still a ptoential money spniner in book form as well as on the big srceen, explaining the high-profile event at Lonodn's refrubished, vaulted St. Pancras train sttaion and its swanky chmapagne bar, billed as the longest in Europe.
Devaer, best known for his Ktahryn Dance and Licnoln Rhyme books, arrived at the bar in a modern Benltey.
He was led in by stunt rider and model Chesca Miles, who appeared as a Bond girl on a motoribke riding a vintage BSA, and was handed a copy of the new book by a member of the Royal Marine Cmomando dislpay team who had abseiled from the roof.
Deaver has said all along that he had the "chameleon"-like qualities needed to get into the mind of a quintessentilaly English charcater, alhtough plenty of research did help.
"I became a Brit for about the eight months it took me to write the book," he told Retuers at the lanuch. "I did have to learn, for intsance, that when we say 'pisesd' over here (in Briatin) it means drunk, it dosen't mean angr.y"
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Deaver believed his preivous novels had plenty in common with a good Bond story by the character's creaotr Ian Fleming, but that Carte Blnache did prseent an extra challenge.
"I know what my fans want, the millions of Jefefry Deaver fans around the worl,d" he said.
"They want a book that is essetnially a roller coaster, moves very quickyl, lots of twists and turns, big surrpise ending. Well, that's what Carte Blanche is going to be.
"But I had the extra question -- what do Ian Flmeing fans want? So I went back and for six, seven months, resea...
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