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     Any Human Heart

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     Restless (novel)

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     An Ice-Cream War

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     The Blue Afternoon

   • A Good Man in Africa

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   • Waiting for Sunrise

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   Who is William Boyd?

   • William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana, on 7 March 1952. He was educated at Gordonstoun School, Glasgow University and Jesus College, Oxford. Published while he was a lecturer in English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, his first novel A Good Man in Africa (1981) won the Whitbread First Novel Award and a Somerset Maugham Award.

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   How many books has William Boyd written?

   • William Boyd’s entertaining story of a life apparently lived to the full turns into a journey deep into a very human heart. William Boyd has written 17 novels and multiple collections of stories. Here's our guide detailing where to start with the twice Booker Prize-nominated author

   Where to start with William Boyd: a guide to his best fiction

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   Did William Boyd write a James Bond novel?

   • In 2012 Boyd was commissioned by the Ian Fleming estate to write an official James Bond novel, which was published in 2013 on the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of Fleming’s Casino Royale. Fleming himself made a cameo appearance in Any Human Heart. William Boyd lives in London.

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   What is any human heart by William Boyd about?

   • Any Human Heart by William Boyd William Boyd’s entertaining story of a life apparently lived to the full turns into a journey deep into a very human heart. Longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002, Any Human Heart tells the extraordinary story of a life lived to the fullest.

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   William Andrew Murray Boyd CBE FRSL (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish [2] [3] novelist, short story writer and screenwriter . Biography. Boyd was born in Accra, Gold Coast (present-day Ghana ), [4] to Scottish parents, both from Fife, and has two younger sisters.

4. williamboyd.co.ukWilliam Boyd – Official website for best selling author

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   Best Selling Author and Screenwriter. William Boyd is the author of seventeen novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Literary Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet; and Restless ...

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   Critical perspective. William Boyd is perhaps best described as a wry historian of 20th-century life, and an ironic commentator on the ways that life has been represented, not only in literature, but in the companion genres of visual art, film and photography.

   • Place Of Birth: Accra, Ghana

   • Works For: Hamish Hamilton Ltd

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7. thebookerprizes.com › the-booker-library › featuresWhere to start with William Boyd: a guide to his best fiction

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   Dec 12, 2023 · William Boyd has written 17 novels and multiple collections of stories, spanning fictional biographies, foreign adventures and even a James Bond thriller. So where’s the best place to start with the twice Booker Prize-nominated author? Written by John Self. Published December 12, 2023.

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   • Birth Date: March 7, 1952

   • Any Human Heart.
   • Restless.
   • Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay.
   • Ordinary Thunderstorms.

9. www.nytimes.com › william-boyd-romanticBook Review: ‘The Romantic,’ by William Boyd - The New York Times

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   Aug 13, 2023 · THE ROMANTIC, by William Boyd. The Romantics took their time coming. For 10 centuries in the West there was only God, and all art — the beautifully illuminated breviaries, the vast cathedrals...

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    Dec 5, 2023 · Born in Ghana, William Boyd is the author of one work of non-fiction, Bamboo, three collections of short stories and 13 novels. His work includes the bestselling historical spy thriller Restless – winner of the Costa Novel of the Year – and Any Human Heart, in which the character of Ian Fleming features.