William Boyd (writer) Littérature Européenne and was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002. "Restless", the tale of a young woman who discovers that her mother had been recruited as a spy during World War II, was published in 2006 and won the Novel of the Year award in the 2006 Costa Book Awards. Boyd's novel "Waiting for Sunrise: A Novel" was published in early 2012. Following "Solo" in 2013 he published "Sweet Caress" in 2015, the fourth novel he has written from a woman's viewpoint. On 11 April 2012 Ian Fleming's estate announced that Boyd would write the next James Bond novel.
The Man with the Golden Gun (novel) form in the "Daily Express" newspaper on a daily basis from 22 March 1965 onwards. This novel was also serialised over four issues of "Playboy" from April through July 1965. The novel was adapted as a daily comic strip which was published in the "Daily Express" newspaper and syndicated around the world. The adaptation ran from 10 January to 10 September 1966. The adaptation was written by Jim Lawrence and illustrated by Yaroslav Horak. The strip was reprinted by Titan Books in "The James Bond Omnibus Vol. 2", published in 2011. In 1974, Eon Productions made the ninth Bond film,