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
By Love Possessed (novel) Book of the Month Club. New York: Harcourt Brace four additional printings. London: Longmans Green 1958 New York: Crest 1959. Paperback. Harmondsworth: Penguin 1960. Paperback New York: Harcourt Brace and World- Harvest paperback 1967. William Dean Howells Medal, 1960 By Love Possessed (novel) By Love Possessed is a novel written by James Gould Cozzens in the middle 1950s. It was published on August 26, 1957, by Harcourt Brace and Company, and became a critically acclaimed best-seller. In 1960, it was awarded the William Dean Howells Medal, an award given every five years to the best novel of the previous five