Book Description
This is William Boyd's third volume of short stories following his acclaimed collections On the Yankee Station (1981) and The Destiny of Nathalie X (1995). Described as "the finest storyteller of his generation", Boyd shows his mastery of the form as these stories range widely through time and space. In a brilliant array of styles and narratives we move from 1930s Germany to Los Angeles in the Second World War, from contemporary Oxford to 19th century Russia. Whether in London or Amsterdam. Eastbourne or a Normandy village these stories explore and expose the fraught, funny, absurd, poignant and lovelorn lives of their many and varied characters.
About the Author
William Boyd was born in Ghana in 1952. He is the author of seven novels and two collections of short stories, which have been published around the world and translated into more than two dozen languages. His most recent novels are Armadillo, Brazzaville Beach, which won the James Tait Memorial Prize and the McVitie Award, and The Blue Afternoon, which won the 1993 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award. He is married and lives in London, England.
