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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.
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 ...
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.
William Boyd has 62 books on Goodreads with 273272 ratings. William Boyd’s most popular book is Any Human Heart.
William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart is his disjointed autobiography, a massive tome chronicling "my personal rollercoaster"--or rather, "not so much a rollercoaster", but a yo-yo, "a jerking spinning toy in the hands of a maladroit child."
WILLIAM BOYD has received world-wide acclaim for his novels which have been translated into over thirty languages. They are: A Good Man in Africa (1981, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Prize) An Ice Cream War (1982, shortlisted for the 1982 Booker Prize and winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), Stars and Bars (1984 ...
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.
Oct 1, 2022 · William Boyd is not slowing down. “Here I am,” the 70-year-old novelist tells me over Zoom, “40 years on from my first novel, and I’m actually busier than ever.
Dec 5, 2023 · In 2002, William Boyd was longlisted for the Booker Prize for his story of a life lived to the full – a journey deep into a very human heart. The novel was Boyd’s second nomination for the prize, after his 1982-shortlisted novel An Ice-Cream War.
About the author. WILLIAM BOYD has received world-wide acclaim for his novels which have been translated into over thirty languages. They are: A Good Man in Africa (1981, ... Read full bio.
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