In a prolific literary career spanning 18 novels, William Boyd has become known for his masterfully interwoven plots, his sweeping historical backdrops, and his consistent readability. As Boyd ...
William Boyd’s latest excursion into fictional biography, aptly entitled The Romantic, is the fourth of the “whole-life” novels he has made his speciality, following The New Confessions (1987), Any ...
Beginning with his first novel, “A Good Man in Africa,” William Boyd has built a reputation over the course of more than four decades as a purveyor of reliably literate, enjoyable commercial fiction, ...
The Daily Telegraph: William Boyd: Inspirations behind new novel Love is Blind
Orange County Register: Novelist William Boyd says he’s had ‘the usual nightmare experiences’ working in TV and film
Forty years ago this month, William Boyd’s first novel, the satirical “A Good Man in Africa” was published to great acclaim, winning the Somerset Maugham Award and the Whitbread Book Award for a first ...
Novelist William Boyd says he’s had ‘the usual nightmare experiences’ working in TV and film
A relentlessly eclectic novelist who's written about topics ranging from WWII espionage to art dealing in the Deep South, William Boyd tops his list of essential books with short stories. His ...
William Boyd has left James Bond stirred, if not shaken. The British writer has taken on the fictional spy in “Solo,” a new 007 novel that balances fidelity to Ian Fleming’s iconic character with ...
The Washington Post: ‘Gabriel’s Moon,’ by William Boyd, will keep readers guessing
William Boyd’s 18th novel gets underway with a formative event — or more precisely, a transformative tragedy. It is 1936 in Oxfordshire, and 6-year-old Gabriel Dax is getting ready to go to sleep with ...