William Boyd

UNA INCREÍBLE HISTORIA DE AMOR Y ESPIONAJEUn clásico contemporáneo traducido a más de treinta idiomas.«Una narración magistral».The Guardian«Una lectura inagotable».John Banville«Te mantendrá complet

LA NUEVA Y MONUMENTAL NOVELA DE WILLIAM BOYD, «UNO DE NUESTROS MEJORES NARRADORES CONTEMPORÁNEOS». (THE SPECTATOR) «Un viaje salvaje a través del siglo XIX... irresistible».Financial Times «Prácticam

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.

William Boyd, uno de los autores europeos más prestigiosos de las últimas décadas y que «probablemente ha escrito más clásicos que ninguno de sus coetáneos» (Daily Telegraph), vuelve con su obra más

Überstürzt muss der Schauspieler Lysander Rief Wien verlassen. Er verfällt der unnahbaren Hettie und gerät mitten in die ersten Kriegswirren - zu einer Zeit, in der sich Europa am Rande des Abgrunds befindet. Psycoanalyse, Erster Weltkrieg, Spionage - nie ist William Boyd spannender, nie zwingender gewesen. Wien, 1913. Lysander Rief, ein aufstrebender junger Schauspieler, hat alle Zelte in London abgebrochen und sich nicht zufällig in die Stadt Sigmund Freuds begeben. Vor seiner Hochzeit muss er sich einem delikaten Problem stellen. Doch als er im Wartezimmer von Dr. Bensimon Hettie begegnet, weiß er sofort, diese unergründlichen braungrünen Augen werden ihn nicht mehr loslassen. Hettie Bull öffnet ihm alle Türen zum ausschweifenden Wiener Künstlerleben, sie betört, umgarnt und blendet ihn und drängt ihn in ein undurchschaubares Spiel, das ihn zur Flucht aus Wien und in die Arme zweier britischer Agenten treibt. Boyds neuer Roman ist eine Erkundung der Tiefen menschlicher Psyche und ein Spionageroman zugleich. Mit meisterlicher Hand entwirft Boyd einen Kosmos, der die Unruhe und Rastlosigkeit einer Epoche zeigt, den schmalen Grat zwischen Brillanz und Scheitern. Eine große Zeit ist aber nicht allein ein Parforceritt durch Europa und die Wirren des Ersten Weltkriegs, es ist ein großer wahrhaftiger Roman, den der Autor uns zu seinem 60. Geburtstag schenkt.

1969. Espion chevronné, membre surdoué des services secrets de Sa Majesté, James Bond célèbre ses quarante-cinq ans avec une mission peu ordinaire : mettre un terme à la guerre civile qui déchire le

thrilling, plot-twisting new novel set in Europe during the first world war, from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart, Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms. Vienna. 1913. It is a fine day in August when Lysander Rief, a young English actor, walks through the city to his first appointment with the eminent psychiatrist, Dr. Bensimon. Sitting in the waiting room he is anxiously pondering the nature of his problem when an extraordinary woman enters. She is clearly in distress, but Lysander is immediately drawn to her strange, hazel eyes and her unusual, intense beauty. Later the same day they meet again, and a more composed Hettie Bull introduces herself as an artist and sculptor, and invites Lysander to a party hosted by her lover, the famous painter Udo Hoff. Compelled to attend and unable to resist her electric charm, they begin a passionate love affair. Life in Vienna becomes tinged with the frisson of excitement for Lysander. He meets Sigmund Freud in a cafe, begins to write a journal, enjoys secret trysts with Hettie and appears to have been cured... London, 1914. War is stirring, and events in Vienna have caught up with Lysander. Unable to live an ordinary life, he is plunged into the dangerous theatre of wartime intelligence - a world of sex, scandal and spies, where lines of truth and deception blur with every waking day. Lysander must now discover the key to a secret code which is threatening Britain''s safety, and use all his skills to keep the murky world of suspicion and betrayal from invading every corner of his life. Moving from Vienna to London''s west end, the battlefields of France and hotel rooms in Geneva, Waiting for Sunrise is a feverish and mesmerising journey into the human psyche, a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe, and a literary tour de force from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart, Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms.

One May evening in Chelsea, London, a freakish series of malign accidents and a split-second decision turns Adam Kindred's life upside down for ever. The police are searching for him. There is a reward for his capture. He is alone and anonymous in the huge, pitiless modern city. Adam has nowhere to go but down - underground. A thrilling, plot-twisting novel from the author of bestseller RESTLESS.

William Boyd's An Ice-Cream War was published in 1982, an auspicious debut by a young writer who would go on to be recognized as 'the finest storyteller of his generation' (Sebastain Faulks). It follows the fortunes of several wildly different characters - including an expat farmer and a young English aristocrat - as they are swept up in the fighting in German East Africa during the First World War, their lives converging amid battle, betrayal, love, comedy and tragedy.

El joven climatólogo Adam Kindred le hace un favor a un desconocido y su vida entra en una espiral de descontrol y peligro. Se convierte en un fugitivo de la justicia, la presa de un asesino a sueldo y la víctima ignorante de un maléfico complot farmacéutico. Adam, desprovisto de pasaporte, dinero, teléfono móvil, tarjetas de crédito se encuentra en una situación de aislamiento, desamparo e indefensión tratando de sobrevivir en una gran urbe como Londres.

Por primera vez en español, Duomo ediciones publica una recopilación de los mejores artículos del escritor y guionista escocés William Boyd. El autor se pasea por temas como la literatura, cine, África, su infancia y lugares y personajes que ha conocido a lo largo de su vida.

Throughout his career as a novelist, William Boyd has never stopped writing non-fiction, providing a fascinating counterpoint to the world of his novels. "Bamboo" gathers together Boyd''s writing on literature, art, the movie business, television, people he has met, places he has visited and autobiographical reflections on his African childhood and his years at boarding school. From Pablo Picasso to the allure of the British caff, from Charles Dickens to Catherine Deneuve, from mini-cabs to Brideshead Revisited, this collection proves an engrossing and revealing companion to the work of one of Britain''s leading novelists.

The dazzling new book from one of Britain''s best-selling novelists.A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five year relationship backwards, from awkward reunion to lovelorn first encounter. And, at the heart of the book, a 24-year old young woman, Bethany Mellmoth, embarks on a year-long journey of wishful and tentative self-discovery.The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth depicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling to the surface; the impulsive decisions that irrevocably shape a life; and the endless hesitations and loss-of-nerve that wickedly complicate it. These funny, surprising and moving stories are a resounding confirmation of Boyd''s powers as one of our most original and compelling storytellers.

I live on Brazzaville Beach... I am here because two sets of strange and extraordinary events happened to me... One in England, first, and then one in Africa. On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater examines the complex circumstances that brought her there.

Au lendemain de la Premiere Guerre mondiale, la tres jeune Amory Clay se voit offrir par son oncle Greville un appareil photo et quelques conseils rudimentaires pour sen servir. Elle ignore alors que cest le declencheur dune passion qui façonnera irrevocablement sa vie future.Un bref apprentissage dans un studio et des portraits de la bonne societe laissent Amory sur sa faim. Sa quete de vie, damour et dexpression artistique lemporte bientot dans un parcours audacieux et trepidant, du Berlin interlope des annees vingt au New York des annees trente, de Londres secoue par les emeutes des Chemises noires a la France occupee et au theatre des operations militaires, ou elle devient lune des premieres femmes photoreporters de guerre.Sa soif dexperiences entraine Amory vers dautres conflits, des amants, un mari, des enfants, tandis quelle continue a poursuivre ses reves, a combattre ses demons.A travers le destin singulier et lobjectif temeraire dune femme independante et genereuse, William Boyd nous promene au gre des evenements les plus marquants de lhistoire contemporaine.Une ode magnifique a la liberte des femmes !

A spell at boarding school ends abruptly and Amory begins an apprenticeship with Greville in London, living in his tiny flat in Kensington, earning two pounds a week photographing socialites for the magazine Beau Monde. But Amory is hungry for more and her search for life, love and artistic expression will take her to the demi monde of Berlin of the late 20s, to New York of the 30s, to the Blackshirt riots in London and to France in the Second World War where she becomes one of the first women war photographers. Her desire for experience will lead Amory to further wars, to lovers, husbands and children as she continues to pursue her dreams and battle her demons. In this enthralling story

Escapee from suburbia, overweight, oversexed ...Morgan Leafy isn't overburdened with worldly success. Actually, he is refreshingly free from it. But then, as a representative of Her Britannic Majesty in tropical Kinjanja, it was not very constructive of him to get involved in wholesale bribery. Nor was it exactly oiling his way up the ladder to hunt down the improbably pointed breasts of his boss' daughter when officially banned from horizontal delights by a nasty dose ...Falling back on his deep-laid reserves of misanthropy and guile, Morgan has to fight off the sea of humiliation, betrayal and ju-ju that threatens to wash over him.