Solo (Boyd novel) in order to control him. Adeka's older brother had been killed in London, ensuring Solomon became chief of the tribe whose lands held massive amounts of oil: as he was an addict, these rights were signed away in favour of Hulbert Linck. Linck was killed by the CIA during the raid on the house. The central character of the novel is James Bond, the fictional MI6 agent created by Ian Fleming. The author, William Boyd modelled his version of the character on Fleming's version, which Boyd identified as being very different from the version seen in the films. "Solo" is
Boyd Oxlade he wrote the novel "Death in Brunswick" in the hope of making some money. The book was published by William Heinemann Australia in 1987, and the 1991 film adaptation—which Oxlade co-wrote with the film's director, John Ruane, and which starred Sam Neill, Zoe Carides and John Clarke—became a cult hit. Oxlade died of cancer on 24 January 2014, aged 70. At the time of his death, he was working on a novel "Ron Elms, the Flying Butcher of Alamein", a reworking of a screenplay he had written several years earlier. Boyd Oxlade Boyd John Michael Oxlade (8 May 194324 January