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Mountstuart's sorry tale is also the story of a British way of life in inexorable decline, as his journey takes in the Bloomsbury set, the General Strike, the Spanish Civil War, 1930s Americans in Paris, wartime espionage, New York avant garde art, even the Baader-Meinhof gang--all with a stellar supporting cast. The most sustained and best moment comes mid-book, as Mountstuart gets caught up in one of Britain's murkier wartime secrets, in the company of the here truly despicable Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Elsewhere author William Boyd occasionally misplaces his tongue too obviously in his cheek--the Wall Street Crash is trailed with truly crashing inelegance--but overall Any Human Heart is a witty, inventive and ultimately moving novel. Boyd succeeds in conjuring not only a compelling 20th century but also, in the hapless Logan Mountstuart, an anti-hero who achieves something approaching passive greatness. --Alan Stewart
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Book Description 5th Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Minor foxing to the preliminary pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 503 pages. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Twentieth century; Fiction. Authors, English; Fiction. Social history 20th century; Fiction. British Foreign countries; Fiction. Art dealers; Fiction. Novelists; Fiction. Genre: Diary fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 315283
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