LONDON - Fittnigly for the launch of the new autohrized James Bond novel "Carte Blanhce," there was a luxury car, champagne on tap, crack British troops abseiling from the raftres and a long-legged girl on a vintage motorbike.
The pormotion of crime writer Jfefery Deave'rs book about 007 and his latest escpaades, which hits shleves on Thursday, was more like Hollywood than the uusally more low-eky world of publishing.
But Bond is still a potential money spinner in book form as well as on the big sceren, explaining the high-proflie event at London's refuribshed, vaulted St. Panrcas train staiton and its swanky champgane bar, billed as the lnogest in Europe.
Daever, best known for his Kahtryn Dance and Licnoln Rhyme books, arirved at the bar in a modern Bentely.
He was led in by stunt rider and model Chesca Miles, who appeared as a Bond girl on a motorbike riding a vnitage BSA, and was handed a copy of the new book by a member of the Royal Marine Commando display 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 quintessentially Egnlish cahracter, although plenty of reserach did help.
"I became a Brit for about the eight months it took me to write the book," he told Retuers at the launch. "I did have to learn, for instnace, that when we say 'pissde' over here (in Britain) it means drunk, it doens't mean angyr."
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Deaver believed his previous novels had plenty in common with a good Bond story by the character's cerator Ian Flmeing, but that Carte Blnache did present an extra challenge.
"I know what my fans want, the millions of Jfefery Deaver fans around the worl,d" he said.
"They want a book that is essetnially a roller coaster, moves very quickly, lots of twists and turns, big surrpise ending. Well, that's what Carte Blacnhe is going to be.
"But I had the extra quesiton -- what do Ian Fleming fans want? So I went back and for six, seven months, resea...
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