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''One of Britain''s most celebrated contemporary novelists'' Sunday Times

In this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them.

The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life of a writer. This is one of Britain''s most beloved authors on what it is to write in a variety of forms.

''William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries'' Daily Telegraph

''Arguably one of Britain''s finest living writers'' Sunday Express



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William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries * Daily Telegraph *
One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists * Sunday Times *
Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers * Sunday Express *
Boyd is back on a form few of his contemporaries can match. This fine, touching and clever book is the best thing he's written since [Any Human Heart] and deserves similar adulation * Observer on Love Is Blind *
A finely judged performance: a deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination * Guardian on Love Is Blind *
Boyd on form is the ultimate in immersive fiction, and Love is Blind is Boyd at the top of his game . . . magnificent * Sunday Times *

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 02/11/2023
      ISBN13: 9780241987339, 978-0241987339
      ISBN10: 0241987334

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''One of Britain''s most celebrated contemporary novelists'' Sunday Times

      In this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them.

      The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life of a writer. This is one of Britain''s most beloved authors on what it is to write in a variety of forms.

      ''William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries'' Daily Telegraph

      ''Arguably one of Britain''s finest living writers'' Sunday Express



      Trade Review
      William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries * Daily Telegraph *
      One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists * Sunday Times *
      Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers * Sunday Express *
      Boyd is back on a form few of his contemporaries can match. This fine, touching and clever book is the best thing he's written since [Any Human Heart] and deserves similar adulation * Observer on Love Is Blind *
      A finely judged performance: a deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination * Guardian on Love Is Blind *
      Boyd on form is the ultimate in immersive fiction, and Love is Blind is Boyd at the top of his game . . . magnificent * Sunday Times *

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