James Bond retains his “bad habits” in his latest literary outing, according to its author William Boyd.”He drinks, he smokes, he does everything you’d expect of the classic Bond,” said Boyd, the latest writer to take on the 007 legacy.Set in 1969, Boyd’s novel Solo sees Ian Fleming’s spy sent on a mission to halt a civil war in West Africa. The book, launched earlier at London’s Dorchester hotel, is published in the UK on Thursday and the US on 8 October.Jeffery Deaver, Sebastian Faulks and John Gardner are among the other authors to have written officially-sanctioned Bond novels since Fleming’s death in 1964.Boyd sets the opening scene of his novel at the Dorchester, where Bond is found celebrating his 45th birthday. Outside the hotel on Wednesday morning, a line of vintage Jensen cars waited to transport the first seven copies of the book to Heathrow Airport.From there they will be flown to Bond-related locations around the world, including Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Sydney and Zurich.In Solo, Bond takes a Jensen FF for a spin from a car showroom on Park Lane.Speaking to the BBC at Wednesday’s launch, Boyd said he had not toned down Bond for a modern audience. “He has… Read full this story
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