![]() ![]() A brilliant imitation that's occasionally superior to the prototype., Solo never fails to keep the reader on the edge of his chair. a Triumph., Boyd has immersed himself in the character, the author and his oeuvre and come up with an adventure that's triumphantly the equal of the great Bond adventures. ![]() Mission accomplished., The Prose of Boyd Is Frankly Superior to That of Fleming. Solo 's true literary craft lies in the subtlety of its correspondences and also the suspenseful quality that keeps us on our toes until the closing pages. So does the excellent pacing: Solo feels so quick that it could already be a movie., A perfectly judged narrative tempo. Though Boyd's iteration of the character owes something to Graham Greene's moral melancholy, Fleming's Bond remains recognizable. ![]() Boyd has rendered his Bond perfectly., A light, slick, sinuous adventure. Boyd adroitly captures the postcolonial atmosphere of West Africa with a Graham Greene-like eye for detail. An exhilarating tightrope of a tale that's also just retro enough to conjure the original books. ![]()
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