He's recognized around the populace as the iconic face of James Bond. But in Britain, Sean Connery is besides well known as a proud Scot, and on Monday he returns to his hometown to plunge his autobiography.
"Being a Scot" looks at Connery's early life as a milkman in Edinburgh's Fountainbridge neighbourhood, then delves into a wide-ranging bet at Scottish culture including the make of poet Robert Burns, novelist Sir Walter Scott and Mary, Queen of Scots.
"It will illuminate what Fountainbridge's virtually famous former milkman thinks of many aspects of Scottish culture and life, including summercater, architecture, and of course the gothic tendency in Scots literature," said Edinburgh International Book Festival director Catherine Lockerbie.
Connery is a vocal admirer of the pro-independence Scottish National Party. He lives in the Bahamas and has aforesaid he volition not domiciliate in Scotland until it gains independence from the United Kingdom.
He was the first - and, many say, the best - Bond. In a six-decade career, Connery also asterisked in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "The Hunt for Red October" and "The Untouchables," which earned him an Academy Award for best supporting actor.
The launching of "Being a Scot" coincides with Connery's 78th birthday. The actor is appearing at the book of account festival alongside his joint author, the film maker and writer Murray Grigor.
The Edinburgh outcome is one of Britain's leading literary gatherings, and runs aboard jazz, comedy and playacting arts festivals in the Scottish capital each August.
Among the 800 authors appearing at the Aug. 9-25 festival are Salman Rushdie, Louis de Bernieres and Margaret Atwood.
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