Friday, October 03, 2014

Anthony Horowitz is writing new James Bond novel from Ian Fleming idea

Murder on Wheels, the first novel to be adapted from an original Ian Fleming treatment since his death, may see Bond foil Russian plans to scupper a Formula One race in the 50s

Author Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz: ‘Having original, unpublished material by Fleming has been an inspiration. This is a book I had to write.’ Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
“Bond liked fast cars and he liked driving them,” Ian Fleming, a man similarly inclined, wrote in 1954’s Live and Let Die.

Now, 60 years on, an unpublished story by the late author in which James Bond takes on the Russians and gets involved in a Formula One race, is to form the basis for a new 007 novel by Anthony Horowitz.

Murder on Wheels was written by Fleming in the 50s, as one of several episode treatments for a Bond TV series which fell through because the films took over. Many of the plots were turned into short stories including Octopussy, The Living Daylights and For Your Eyes Only, but a few outlines were never published, says Fleming’s great-niece Jessie Grimond.
Now, 50 years since the author’s death, the Fleming estate has shown the material to Horowitz as the basis for a new novel.
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