The Dream Lover - Short Stories

Informationen zum Autor William Boyd is the author of fourteen novels including A Good Man in Africa , winner of the Whitbread 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 adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama; Restless , winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection; the Sunday Times bestseller, Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently, Solo , a James Bond novel. William Boyd lives in London and France williamboyd.co.uk Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood.

Product details

• Authors: William Boyd, Boyd William
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2008
• EAN: 9780747592297
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-9229-7
• No. of pages: 355
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humor (div.) s.a. Einzelgebiet, Zahl : Lexikon, Nachschlagewerk, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary