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The Book Worm
Our regular book worm has digested another book for our readers and gives his verdict
SOLO (Bond is back to his original best!)
Reviewed by Brian Case
In this gripping new novel James Bond is taken back to the late 1960’s to the fictional war torn
country of Zanzarim which is in the midst of civil war, set in the cold war Bond is at home in London
enjoying, or trying to, his 45th birthday. With his flat being refurbished he treats himself to a stay at
the Dorchester and it is not long before he is taken over by cigarettes, alcohol and women, this novel
is bond as many will know him.
In the first part Bond is sent into Zanzarim under the guise of a reporter for a French paper, using this
cover Bond is expected to basically help stop a war, the story often looks back to Bond’s successful
war years and it is these experiences he is asked to call upon time and time again if he is to survive.
Author: William Boyd
Hardcover: 336 pages
Published: Sept 2013
ISBN-10: 0224097474
ISBN-13: 978-0224097475
Not wanting to give any of the story away we are helped by the title of the book SOLO, Bond soon
finds himself going solo and disobeying “M”’s orders and it is not long before he finds himself in
Washington DC struggling to work out foe from friend, this is a novel which also features his trusted
friend Felix Leiter and between them they set about their task which results in a thrilling end to this
great story, but here again we have to ask do Bond and Felix even trust each other this time?
If Sean Connery or Roger Moore were your bond then this will be your book, when reading the book
I found myself reading it in the style of one of these great actors, the book really is that good. If you
are looking for a good Christmas holiday read as a stocking filler then look no further than this book.
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