History Literature / DevilMayCare

* BadassBystander: Taxi Driver Hamid, who helps Bond escape from an ambush and later, [[spoiler:Saves Felix from Silver]].

** Bond's "faint memory of an exciting juvenile visit to the gaming tables" upon entering the Paradise Club is, per the author, a reference to his meeting Dutch Schultz in the Paradice Club in Charlie Higson's ''Literature/DoubleOrDie''.

Despite the title, it has nothing to do with the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' video game series.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Bond's first meeting with Dr. Gorner has them playing tennis in the tradtional "Bond plays a game with the villain" scene. [[spoiler: Gorner, of course, cheats by having Chagrin change the height of the net. Bond later finds out he cheated too, when he discovers Scarlett had taken over from Chagrin at the net crank handle.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:After failing to have Bond killed onboard a steamer, Dr. Gorner jumps into water to escape him. He then gets trapped in the ship's paddle, and is crushed to death]].
* DeadHatShot: [[spoiler:Only trace that is left from Dr. Gorner after his demise in the steamer paddle is his white glove floating on the surface of the water]].
* DirtyCommunists: SMERSH has aided Dr. Gorner with his drug trades in the west.

* EarAche: Chagrin popped the eardrums of kids who listened to French priests back in Indo-China by slamming chopsticks into their ears, permanently deafening some of them in the process. He demonstrates this to one poor worker in Dr. Gorner's drug factory on front of Bond.
* EvilPlan: Initially, Dr. Gorner wanted to produce and sell as much drugs as he could to slowly destroy England, a country that he despises. However, he wants faster results, so he is going [[spoiler:to [[FalseFlagOperation frame them for an attack against Soviet Union]] by destroying Stalingrad and [[UsefulNotes/ClosedCities Trekhgorniy]], thus locking them into a nuclear conflict which they can't win]].

* FeelNoPain: Thanks to the experiments done on him by Soviets, Chagrin doesn't feel pain from anything.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Bond's first meeting with Dr. Gorner has them playing tennis with each other. Both cheat in the game with their respectiver partners, who handle the net in turn.

** Dr. Gorner has a genetic mutation in his left hand, which makes it bigger and hairier than his right and resembles that of an ape.
** Chagrin has a lifeless skin, described to be like that of a stroke victim. It is a leftover from the experiments done to his brain by Soviets, which also left the skin on top of his head poorly fitting thanks to the botched osteoplastic flap operation (peeling the skin from top of the head, then grafting it back later) that was done on it, which he hides by wearing a French Legion kepi.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Scarlett is actually the agent 004, who was sent work with Bond under the guise of finding her twin sister]].

* TongueTrauma: When he was still working for Viet Minh, Chagrin ripped off the tongues of priests that were sent Indo-China by French, so that they are unable to preach anymore. He continues doing so in his current employment to Dr. Gorner to remind people to keep their mouths shut.

* {{Pastiche}}: Faulks wrote it as a true Fleming pastiche, mostly for his own entertainment. Just for fun, he followed Fleming's writing model - three hours writing in the morning, relax for the afternoon, two-to-three hours again in the evening, and minimal editing - and tried to mimic his style. Hence, he's the only writer on a Bond novel to be credited as "writing as Ian Fleming".

* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: After fighting with both Nazis and Communists in World War II, Gorner went study in several academies, including England's.
* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:No explanation is given for Dr. Gorner's hatred for England. The one explanation that reader receives is later revealed to be fabricated on the spot]].

* {{Pastiche}}: Faulks wrote it as a true Fleming pastiche, mostly for his own entertainment. Just for fun, he followed Fleming's writing model - three hours writing in the morning, relax for the afternoon, two-to-three hours again in the evening, and minimal editing.

** Bond's "faint memory of an exciting juvenile visit to the gaming tables" upon entering the Paradise Club is, per WordOfGod, a reference to his meeting Dutch Schultz in the Paradice Club in Charlie Higson's ''Literature/DoubleOrDie''.

** Bond's "faint memory of an exciting juvenile visit to the gaming tables" upon entering the Paradise Club is a reference to his meeting with Dutch Schultz in the Paradice Club in Charlie Higson's ''Literature/DoubleOrDie''.

** Bond's "faint memory of an exciting juvenile visit to the gaming tables" upon entering the Paradise Club is (per WordOfGod) a reference to his meeting with Dutch Schultz in the Paradice Club in Charlie Higson's ''Literature/DoubleOrDie''.

** Bond's "faint memory of an exciting juvenile visit to the gaming tables" upon entering the Paradise Club is a reference to his meeting with Lucky Luciano in the Paradice Club in Charlie Higson's ''Literature/DoubleOrDie''.

* Bond's "faint memory of an exciting juvenile visit to the gaming tables" upon entering the Paradise Club is a reference to his meeting with Lucky Luciano in the Paradice Club in Charlie Higson's ''Literature/DoubleOrDie''.

* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:No explanation is given for Dr. Gorner's hatred on England. The one explanation that reader receives is later revealed to be fabricated on the spot]].

* DramaticDislocation: After Dr. Gorner tells Bond that it is he who is going to fly the stolen airjet to [[spoiler:[[ClosedCities Trekhgorniy]]]], Bond points out that he is unable to do so due to dislocating his shoulder in the Hellfire Pass run. Dr. Gorner then orders Chagrin to fix it, which he does. Painfully.

* EvilPlan: Initially, Dr. Gorner wanted to produce and sell as much drugs as he could to slowly destroy England, a country that he despises. However, he wants faster results, so he is going [[spoiler:to [[FalseFlagOperation frame them for an attack against Soviet Union]] by destroying Stalingrad and [[ClosedCities Trekhgorniy]], thus locking them into a nuclear conflict which they can't win]].

* MilestoneCelebration: The book was published in 28 May 2008, which is the hundreth anniversary of the birth of Creator/IanFleming.

* DramaticDislocation: After Dr. Gorner tells Bond that it is he who is going to fly the stolen airjet to [[spoiler:[[ClosedCities Trekhgorniy]]]], Bond points out that he is unable to do so due to dislocating his should in the Hellfire Pass run. Dr. Gorner then orders Chagrin to fix it, which he does. Painfully.

* EvilPlan: Initially, Dr. Gorner wanted to produce and sell as much of drugs as he can to slowly destroy England, a country that he despises. However, he wants faster results, so he is going [[spoiler:to [[FalseFlagOperation frame them for an attack against Soviet Union]] by destroying Stalingrad and [[ClosedCities Trekhgorniy]], thus locking them into a nuclear conflict which they can't win]].

** When M brings up the current problem with the drugs in the world and their demoralizing effect, it reminds Bond of the events of the short story "[[Literature/ForYourEyesOnly Risico]]". M retorts to that it is small business, much Bond's assignment in Mexico before tangling with Literature/{{Goldfinger}}.

* DramaticDislocation: After Dr. Gorner tells Bond that it is he who is going to fly the stolen airjet to Trekhgorniy, Bond points that he is unable to do so due to dislocating his should in the Hellfire Pass run. Dr. Gorner then orders Chagrin to fix it, which he does. Painfully.

* EvilPlan: Initially, Dr. Gorner wanted to produce and sell as much of drugs as he can to slowly destroy England, a country that he despises. However, he wants faster results, so he is going [[spoiler:to [[FalseFlagOperation frame them for an attack against Soviet Union]] by destroying Stalingrad and Trekhgorniy, thus locking them into a nuclear conflict which they can't win]].

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