Author William Boyd has recalled how his work was shaped by an experience during the Nigerian Civil War involving “six or seven drunk soldiers with their AK-47s”. The writer, known for novels ...

With James Bond making a major transition right in front of our eyes, the world is wondering what will become of the franchise and the long-awaited Bond 26. The initial announcement about Amazon ...

But these books and the estate are very much separate from the empire of the Bond film franchise. While Boyd only wrote one Bond book, his take, Solo, is memorable since it finds Bond grappling ...

Women are also living in an age where they are afforded more independence, and Boyd’s female characters are richly drawn ...

The novelist, who wrote Jame Bond novel Solo, moved to Nigeria with his family in 1964, three years before the Biafran War began. William Boyd was born in Ghana in 1952 and moved to Nigeria with ...

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