Photograph: Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images
Date: Monday 28 October
Time: 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm)
Venue: The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS*
Tickets: £12
Book tickets
In a break from our usual format, William Boyd will join us for a special James Bond Book Club. He will talk to John Mullan about the genius of Ian Fleming and the enduring appeal of his iconic spy. He'll also introduce his new novel, Solo, the latest addition to the Bond series, set in 1969. Details of the plot are being kept tightly under wraps, but we are promised the essential Bond elements – cocktails, fast cars, sharp suits - in a tale spanning three continents as the veteran spy (he's 45) embarks on an unauthorized mission during a trip to America.
William Boyd is the author of eleven novels, including Any Human Heart, An Ice-Cream War and Restless, which won the 2006 Costa novel of the year award. Boyd is the third author to write a James Bond novel in recent years: Sebastian Faulks published Devil May Care in 2008, on the 100th anniversary of Fleming's birth, which was followed by Jeffrey Deaver's Carte Blanche in 2011.
Solo is published on 26 September. Pre-order your copy now from the Guardian Bookshop at a discount price of £12.99
Book tickets
* Please note the change to our usual venue. Tickets for this event can only be booked online, but if you have any queries please do email us on book.club@guardian.co.uk or call us on 020 3353 2881
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