Connery: Home tale

Edinburgh, July 5 (Reuters): Sean Connery, who has said he would not live in Scotland again until it became independent, is writing a book about his native country mixed with autobiographical anecdotes, his publishers said.

Canongate Books of Edinburgh said it had acquired world English language rights to the film star’s memoirs, Connery’s Scotland, in conjunction with Polygon.

“Our goal is to produce a very readable, visually stimulating and hopefully intriguing history of Scotland, with personal discoveries,” Connery said in a statement.

Best known for his screen portrayal of James Bond, Connery will work in collaboration with writer and film-maker Murray Grigor.

Connery, the Edinburgh-born son of a truck driver, worked with Grigor on an award-winning documentary, Sean Connery’s Edinburgh. He now lives in the Bahamas.