Book description
Funny, moving and sharply observed, these stories are confirmation of
Boyd's status as one of English fiction's finest writers. Here are
twenty-four gripping tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to
Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. This eclectic collection by the
acclaimed author of
Restless
and
Brazzaville
Beach
is a must-read for any lover of the short story. Â English fiction's
master storyteller ... His stories circle intelligently around
fascinating themes'
William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana
and was brought up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of A Good
Man in Africa, which won the Whitbread Literary Award for the
Best First Novel in 1981 and a Somerset Maugham Award in 1982; On
the Yankee Station (1982), a collection of short stories; An
Ice-Cream War, which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize
for 1982 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Stars and
Bars (1984); The New Confessions (1987); Brazzaville
Beach, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1990 and
for which William Boyd was awarded the McVitie s Prize for Scottish
Writer of the Year; The Blue Afternoon, which won the 1993
Sunday Express Book of the Year Award; The Destiny of
Nathalie X, a further collection of short stories, and Any
Human Heart. William Boyd is married and lives in London.
