The Romantic
(Sprache: Englisch)
Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a farmer, a pawnbroker, a jailbird, a writer, a gigolo - and many...
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Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a farmer, a pawnbroker, a jailbird, a writer, a gigolo - and many other manifestations - and finally, a minor diplomat, based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he sees out the end of his days.
Autoren-Porträt von William Boyd
William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen 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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: William Boyd
- 2022, 464 Seiten, Masse: 15,7 x 23,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0241542030
- ISBN-13: 9780241542033
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.10.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
The Romantic by William Boyd was the novel I enjoyed most this year. It's incredibly ambitious, its hero moving from Co Cork to London, then from Waterloo to Zanzibar, and at one point even joining the East Indian Army, but it was such an easy, indulgent read Sathnam Sanghera The Times, Best Books of the Year
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