Solo By William Boyd (UK Paperback)
By: Anders Frejdh
Published:
2014-02-18
The UK paperback edition of the latest James Bond novel, Solo by William Boyd, is published on May 8, 2014. (The US paperback is published on June 3, 2014. In April 2014, EA Förlag published the book in Swedish, read more.)
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From Sweden with Love was invited to the launch (and release party) of 'Solo' at The Dorchester in London on 25th September 2013. Read our
report from the launch.
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"It is 1969 and James Bond is about to go solo, recklessly motivated by revenge. A seasoned veteran of the service, 007 is sent to single-handedly stop a civil war in the small West African nation of Zanzarim. Aided by a beautiful accomplice and hindered by the local militia, he undergoes a scarring experience which compels him to ignore M's orders in pursuit of his own brand of justice. Bond's renegade action leads him to Washington, D.C., where he discovers a web of geopolitical intrigue and witnesses fresh horrors. Even if Bond succeeds in exacting his revenge, a man with two faces will come to stalk his every waking moment."
Read a great
review of Solo by our good friend John Cox at
The Bond Bond.
Book details:
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0099590344
ISBN-13: 978-0099590347
Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
Editor's note:
William Boyd is the third author in recent years to be invited by the Ian Fleming estate to write an official Bond novel, following in the footsteps of the American thriller writer
Jeffery Deaver, who wrote
Carte Blanche in 2011, and Sebastian Faulks who wrote
Devil May Care that was published to mark
Ian Fleming’s centenary in 2008.
For other posts about William Boyd's
Solo on
From Sweden with Love,
click here.
A selection of William Boyd's previous books:
A Good Man in Africa (1981);
An Ice-Cream War (1982);
Stars and Bars (1984);
The New Confessions (1987);
Brazzaville Beach (1990);
The Blue Afternoon (1993);
Armadillo (1998);
Any Human Heart (2002);
Fascination (2004);
Bamboo (2005);
Restless (2006);
Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009);
Waiting for Sunrise (2012).
Photo above:
UK paperback cover for
Solo, the latest James Bond novel. © 2014 Random House. All rights reserved.
Pre-order the new James Bond novel by William Boyd from Amazon UK:
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099578972/fromswedenwit-21/
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