Wednesday, June 4, 2014

The Book Bond SOLO Review

The Book Bond SOLO Review
June 4, 2014- The Book Bond is a great Bond Blog.  They recently published a great review of the novel, SOLO by William Boyd, now available in paperback.

BOOK BOND REVIEW: SOLO is the thinking man's OO7

Let's start by talking about the James Bond movies.

Bond movies can be stupid. Gloriously, magnificently, stupid. This is not a criticism. Stupid can be fun. Stupid sells! But in recent years we've seen that Bond movies can also be smart. With the arrival of Daniel Craig, we now have Bond movies rooted as much in character as formula action. And it's amazing how well that has worked out. How many billions has Skyfall made so far?