It's impossible not to hear Bond as a British Archer in this, though whether that's because it's impossible to dissociate certain types of debonair asshole secret agent from Archer or whether Ellis wrote him that way is hard to be sure. However, this makes the book even more fun, as Bond is sent on the trail of a new and dangerous drug and ends up tangling with a demented biotech genius resulting in a ridiculously violent climax where Bond kills everybody. Sorry if that sounds like a spoiler. It's great. High-tech low-life spy bastardry.