BOOK – SOLO

British ‘Solo’ A James Bond Novel By William Boyd Still Sealed Book, 1st Edition Hardcover With Dust Jacket Edition Release September 26, 2013 ISBN 978-0-224-09747-5

The Jacket Was Designed By Suzanne Dean, The Creative Director At Random House. The Book’s Dust Jacket Featured Die-Cut Bullet Holes, While The Hardcover Binding Featured ‘Burn Marks’ Under The Holes. Dean Commented That She Took Inspiration From The 1960s In Her Design, And Was Influenced By The Graphic Designers Saul Bass, Paul Rand And Alvin Lustig

Solo The Plot Centres On Bond’s Mission To The Civil War In The Fictional Country Of Zanzarim —A Thinly veiled Version Of Biafra During The Nigerian Civil War— Where He Meets Tthe Local MI6 Contact, Efua Blessing Ogilvy-Grant, And A Rhodesian Mercenary, Kobus Breed. After Being Shot By Ogilvy-Grant, Bond Tracks Both People To Washington On A Revenge Mission, Finally Establishing That Breed Is Trafficking Heroin Into The US.
Jonathan Cape, England 2013

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