Puffin Books 2005 British paperback edition. SilverFin is the first of a series of novels depicting Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. The novel, written by Charlie Higson, is set for a release on May 3, 2005 in the UK by Puffin Books and on April 27, 2005 in the U.S by Miramax Books. The series is supposedly going to be released with a large marketing campaign, with a follow up book by Higson, as yet untitled, scheduled for release in November 2005. It has been reported that the series, which has been dubbed Young Bond, is planned out for five books already.
So far the concept of Young Bond has not gone over too well with the fans of the more traditional Bond literature, and is greeted with mixed reactions from the younger generation. Higson, for his part, is on record as stating that he intends to stay true to the backstory Ian Fleming created for Bond, though this may contradict the popular James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 by John Pearson, which is considered canonical by some.
Plot summary
The plot of SilverFin deals with a 13-year-old James Bond at a Scottish castle in the 1930s where he discovers that the owner is conducting ominous experiments in a secret lab.
Trivia
- SilverFin begins with a similar opening to Ian Fleming's Casino Royale.
- Fleming: "The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning"
- Higson: "The smell and noise and confusion of a hallway full of schoolboys can be quite awful at twenty past seven in the morning."
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