 Benson followed Gardner 's pattern of setting Bond in the contemporary timeframe of the 1990s and , according to Jeremy Black , had more echoes of Fleming 's style than John Gardner , he also changed Bond 's gun back to the Walther PPK , put him behind the wheel of a Jaguar <unk> and made him swear more . James Harker noted that " whilst Fleming 's Bond had been an Express reader ; Benson 's is positively red top . He 's the first to have group sex ... and the first to visit a prostitute " , whilst Black notes an increased level of crudity lacking in either Fleming or Gardner . In a 1998 interview Benson described his version of Bond as a more ruthless and darker character , stating that " Bond is not a nice guy . Bond is a killer ... He is an anti @-@ hero . " 
