Solo (Boyd novel) paper I saw its potential. Not only did it fit the theme of the novel perfectly, it's also a great punchy word, instantly and internationally comprehensible, graphically alluring and, as an extra bonus, it's strangely Bondian in the sense that we might be subliminally aware of the '00' of '007' lurking just behind those juxtaposed O's of SOLO". For background Boyd read all the Bond stories in chronological order; and had researched Fleming and the literary Bond's background. Boyd was a child when his father introduced him to Fleming's works. As a result, Boyd found himself also becoming fascinated with
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