Summary
Sixteen brilliant short stories from one of today’s most original storytellers. Wide-ranging in style and subject matter, the collection moves from 19th century Russia to Second World War Los Angeles to modern-day Eastbourne. First published in 2005 to great acclaim, now reissued with a striking new cover image.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241957264 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241957265 |
| Author: | William Boyd |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
The stories here are perfect … suffused with an understanding of love, desire and emotional incompetence
The stories here are perfect … suffused with an understanding of love, desire and emotional incompetence * Guardian *Perfectly formed snapshots of life at its most mystifying * Daily Mail *Consistently entertaining * Literary Review *Boyd achieves his best writing, observing tiny moments of love, lust and epiphany with extraordinary sensitivity * Spectator *
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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