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Fascination is master storyteller William Boyd's third volume of short stories
Described as "the finest storyteller of his generation", and following his acclaimed collections On the Yankee Station and The Destiny of Nathalie X, in Fascination Boyd shows his brilliance of the form as these stories range widely through time and space. In a dazzling array of styles and narratives we move from 1930s Germany to Los Angeles in the Second World War, from contemporary Oxford to 19th century Russia. Whether in London or Amsterdam. Eastbourne or a Normandy village these stories explore and expose the fraught, funny, absurd, poignant and lovelorn lives of their many and varied characters.
Fascination will be loved by fans of Any Human Heart, as well as readers of William Trevor, Sebastian Faulks, Nick Hornby and Hilary Mantel.
'The stories here are perfect . . . suffused with an understanding of love, desire and emotional incompetence' Guardian
'Perfectly formed snapshots of life at its most mystifying' Daily Mail
'Consistently entertaining' Literary Review
'Boyd achieves his best writing, observing tiny moments of love, lust and epiphany with extraordinary sensitivity' Spectator
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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. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France. His most recent novel, Trio, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
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Softcover. Condition: As New. 'Life-affirming . . . like a great rock'n'roll album' Herald Sixteen masterpieces of short fiction from one of today's most original storytellers 'A must-read . . . every one of the sixteen stories has the patina of craftsmanship. The inventiveness of the storytelling holds the attention throughout' Sunday Telegraph 'Boyd's remarkable gift is to convince us of the roundness, the existence of his characters from the very first sentence. Compelling' The Times 'Probably the best short-story writer at work today. As wide-ranging as ever in subject matter and style, the collection shifts from nineteenth-century Russia to Second World War Los Angeles to modern-day Eastbourne. Funny, poignant and always authentic' Esquire 'Perfectly formed snapshots of life at its most mystifying' Daily Mail 'Boyd achieves his best writing, observing tiny moments of love, lust and epiphany with extraordinary sensitivity' Spectator 'Slick, sly and consistently entertaining' Literary Review. Seller Inventory # 448809f4-5c85-4c65-9b8e-212453f003e8
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