The New Confessions

Informationen zum Autor William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of seventeen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. Any Human Heart was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series with Channel 4. In 2005, Boyd was awarded the CBE. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France. Klappentext William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of fifteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France. Zusammenfassung John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. This book deals with his life and work.

Product details

• Authors: William Boyd
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.06.2010
• EAN: 9780141046914
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104691-4
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Hollywood, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, Edinburgh, 20th Century, Humorous fiction, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950