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
Don Boyd 1987, featured at numerous other major festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival and enjoyed multiple successful worldwide theatrical release. After producing Derek Jarman's War Requiem, for the BBC in 1988, which was Laurence Olivier's last film, Boyd returned to his directorial career. He directed for ITV television the biopic Goldeneye starring Charles Dance as Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. He directed low budget independent feature films such as "Twenty-One", written by Zoë Heller and featuring Patsy Kensit as female lead; "Kleptomania", co-scripted by Christa Lang, widow of Samuel Fuller; "Lucia", based on Walter Scott’s novel The Bride