Love is Blind

The ultimate in immersive fiction . . . magnificentSunday Times

Highly readable, entirely engaging and frequently funnyObserver

Perfectly pitched . . . A deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imaginationGuardian Book of the Week

Around the turn of the twentieth century young pianist Brodie Moncur quits Edinburghs slate skies for the lights of Paris, his preacher fathers words of denunciation ringing in his ears. There he joins forces with the fiery Irish virtuoso John Kilbarron and together the pair take Europe by storm.

But when he falls for Kilbarrons lover - the mesmerizing Russian soprano Lika Blum - Brodie quickly realizes that the tide has turned and he must flee across a continent, haunted by his love for Lika, and pursued by the vengeful wrath of his rival.

A giddying read . . . his most immersive historical novel to dateDaily Telegraph

Elegant and affecting. A racing fin-de-siècle romanceThe Times

Boyds talents as a rollicking storytelling [are] full on display in this historical blockbusterMetro