Next Bond novel title revealed

Fleming’s series. “Not only did it fit the theme of the novel perfectly, it’s also a great punchy word,” he added.
Details of the story have not been announced but publishers have revealed it features the 45-year-old agent travelling across Africa and America.
“In my novel, events conspire to make Bond go off on a self-appointed mission of his own, unannounced and without any authorisation,” the writer added.

Boyd hoped that the “juxtaposed O’s of SOLO” will make the readers “subliminally aware” of Bond’s famous 007 code name.
Ian Fleming Publications, who look after the literary James Bond brand, said the title fitted “perfectly alongside the other books in the Bond canon”.
Richard Cable, managing director of the book’s publishers Vintage called Solo an “absolutely brilliant book”.

Boyd is the third author to be invited by the Fleming estate to write an official Bond novel.
He follows in the footsteps of the American thriller writer Jeffery Deaver, who wrote “Carte Blanche” in 2011, and Sebastian Faulks, whose “Devil May Care” was released in 2008.
Boyd said he “accepted at once” when offered the chance to take on the famous spy franchise.
Solo will be published on September 26 in the UK. — BBC.