The Predicament

A swinging 60s espionage thriller * Guardian *Boyd raises the stakes with his second Cold War novel featuring reluctant spy Gabriel Dax … a deft mix of espionage, desire, and moral compromise * iNews *Stylish stuff * Observer *A faultless evocation of 1960s England, masterful, old-fashioned storytelling. The second novel in a trilogy that’ll leave you wanting more * Saga *One of our most thrilling writers * Daily Express *Beautifully crafted, with echoes of le Carré, Greene and Forsyth, this is a superb evocation of a vanished world, seen through the eyes of a relatably hapless accidental hero * Guardian *Boyd writes elegant prose and tells a convincing story, as he has been doing now for nearly 45 years * The Scotsman *

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.