 Faulks ignored the timeframe established by Gardner and Benson and instead reverted to that used by Fleming and Amis , basing his novel in the 1960s ; he also managed to use a number of the cultural touchstones of the sixties in the book . Faulks was true to Bond 's original character and background too , and provided " a <unk> hero " who drove a battleship grey 1967 T @-@ series Bentley . 
