Boyd, William Boyd is licensed to thrill
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April 13, 2012, Friday
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BRITISH novelist William Boyd said yesterday he hopes to bring James Bond back to his roots when he pens the next installment of the suave superspy saga.
HarperCollins Publishers said Boyd will be the next hired gun to step into Ian Fleming's English-made shoes. Fleming died in 1964 after creating the enduring 007 character, who has been celebrated in the longest running film franchise of all time.
Boyd, whose best-known works include "Restless" and "Any Human Heart," will follow Sebastian Faulks and Jeffrey Deaver, who have also written recent authorized Bond novels.
The Boyd book, which does not yet have a title, is set to be published in the fall of 2013, 60 years after the first Bond book, "Casino Royale," appeared.
Boyd said he plans to pattern the new novel on "classic Bond" and set it in the late 1960s.
"When the Ian Fleming estate invited me to write the new James Bond novel, I accepted at once," Boyd said in a statement. "For me the prospect appeared incredibly exciting and stimulating -- a once-in-a-lifetime challenge."
The novel will be published in Britain by Jonathan Cape - Ian Fleming's original publisher - and simultaneously by HarperCollins Publishers in the US and Canada.
HarperCollins Publishers said Boyd will be the next hired gun to step into Ian Fleming's English-made shoes. Fleming died in 1964 after creating the enduring 007 character, who has been celebrated in the longest running film franchise of all time.
Boyd, whose best-known works include "Restless" and "Any Human Heart," will follow Sebastian Faulks and Jeffrey Deaver, who have also written recent authorized Bond novels.
The Boyd book, which does not yet have a title, is set to be published in the fall of 2013, 60 years after the first Bond book, "Casino Royale," appeared.
Boyd said he plans to pattern the new novel on "classic Bond" and set it in the late 1960s.
"When the Ian Fleming estate invited me to write the new James Bond novel, I accepted at once," Boyd said in a statement. "For me the prospect appeared incredibly exciting and stimulating -- a once-in-a-lifetime challenge."
The novel will be published in Britain by Jonathan Cape - Ian Fleming's original publisher - and simultaneously by HarperCollins Publishers in the US and Canada.
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