Any Human Heart by William Boyd - ISBN: 9780241981450
Paperback
A life lived fully, mixing with greatness, seeking human connection.

Any Human Heart

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  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    15 June 2017

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Summary

The classic novel spanning every decade of the 20th century, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time

Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart’s - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war and as an art-dealer in ‘60s New York, Logan mixes …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241981450
ISBN-10:024198145X
Author:William Boyd
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:15 June 2017
Weight:272g
Dimensions:179mm x 110mm x 34mm
Series:Penguin Essentials
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A terrific journey through the twentieth century. Thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable

A terrific journey through the twentieth century. Thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable – Jeremy Paxman
Wise, profound and moving. Only the very best novels make you look at your own life and imagine your own future with fresh eyes – William Sutcliffe * Independent on Sunday *
Superb, wonderful, enjoyable * Guardian *
This fabulous book all about life… is the journey of anyone with a heart… I think of Any Human Heart often - the sign of a truly great book – Fi Glover * Spectator *
Sheer, truly brilliant storytelling. He has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries * Daily Telegraph *
Astonishing, touching, extremely funny. A brilliant evocation of a past era and an immensely readable story * Sunday Telegraph *
Astounding. One of Boyd’s greatest achievements * Mail on Sunday *

About The Author

William Boyd

William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. Any Human Heart was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series with Channel 4. In 2005, Boyd was awarded the CBE. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.

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