The Blue Afternoon: William Boyd

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Boyd's adroitly written tale of romantic suspense is told from the point of view of a woman who flees marital difficulties in England to study chimpanzees in Africa. Continue reading » Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. ISBN: 9781856193665. (Fathers, Daughters, Thriller, Philippines, Physicians). After leaving her estranged husband, a British woman moves to a beach on the coast of Africa to study chimpanzees, only to discover cruel similarities between man and ape. Continue reading » This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Surely one of the most beguiling books of this season, this rich, sophisticated, often hilarious and disarming novel is the autobiography of a typical Englishman as told through his lifelong Continue reading »

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners". Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. Archived from the original on 10 April 2003 . Retrieved 25 October 2008. John James Todd, the tenacious, reflective, wise, ambitious, romantic filmmaker and adventurer who is the narrator of Boyd's (A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War) fourth novel, is not a real Continue reading » It is Los Angeles 1936. Kay Fischer is a young, ambitious architect who is shadowed by a mysterious stranger claiming to be her father. Within weeks of their first encounter, Kay will join him for an extraordinary journey into the old man's past, initially in search of a murderer, but finally in celebration of a glorious, undying love.William Boyd discusses the idea of the maxim 'write what you know' in relation to his own writing [1] Soft cover. Condition: As New. First edition thus. Still sealed in original shrink wrap. Gripping and compulsive story from a master story teller.

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This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( June 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) The ending consists of Carriscant and Kay arriving in Lisbon and the reader will have to read the story to find out if their search for the mystery woman is successful and why Carriscant is looking for her. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ John James Todd, the tenacious, reflective, wise, ambitious, romantic filmmaker and adventurer who is the narrator of Boyd's fourth novel, is not a real person--except that Boyd delightfully makes Continue reading »