His novel is authorized by the Fleming estate, and was launched Wednesday with fanfare befitting a major British cultural export.īoyd posed gamely for a photo call - at the Dorchester, naturally - alongside British Airways flight attendants, clutching a copy of the book in a translucent attache case. It's a good age for him to be."īoyd, 61, a winner of the Whitbread and Costa book prizes, follows writers including Kingsley Amis and Sebastian Faulks as a successor to Fleming, who died in 1964. He may not run quite as fast as he could when he was 25, but he's seen how life has changed and times have changed. "He's lived a lot, he's a man of experience. He has just turned 45, and is feeling his age. That's what's so interesting about him."Īs the book opens, Bond is recovering from birthday celebrations at the Dorchester. Fleming gave him all his traits, his tastes, his likes and dislikes - and his complexes. William Boyd, the author of the James Bond novel Solo, poses with his new book outside the Dorchester Hotel in London on Wednesday.
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