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   Who is William Boyd?

   • William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana, on 7 March 1952. He was educated at Gordonstoun School, Glasgow University and Jesus College, Oxford. Published while he was a lecturer in English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, his first novel A Good Man in Africa (1981) won the Whitbread First Novel Award and a Somerset Maugham Award.

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   How many books has William Boyd written?

   • William Boyd’s entertaining story of a life apparently lived to the full turns into a journey deep into a very human heart. William Boyd has written 17 novels and multiple collections of stories. Here's our guide detailing where to start with the twice Booker Prize-nominated author

   Where to start with William Boyd: a guide to his best fiction

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   Did William Boyd write a James Bond novel?

   • In 2012 Boyd was commissioned by the Ian Fleming estate to write an official James Bond novel, which was published in 2013 on the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of Fleming’s Casino Royale. Fleming himself made a cameo appearance in Any Human Heart. William Boyd lives in London.

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   How do you read a William Boyd novel?

   • To read a William Boyd novel is to open a bottle of wine, light a fire, sit back in your favorite armchair and trust that the master practitioner will take you on an intriguing and unpredictable journey. Boyd deals with heavy themes with the lightest touch.

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   William Andrew Murray Boyd CBE FRSL (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.

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   Best Selling Author and Screenwriter. William Boyd is the author of seventeen novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Literary Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet; and Restless ...

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   Dec 12, 2023 · William Boyd has written 17 novels and multiple collections of stories, spanning fictional biographies, foreign adventures and even a James Bond thriller. So where’s the best place to start with the twice Booker Prize-nominated author?

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   • 3.9/5 (134.3K)

   • Birth Date: March 7, 1952

   • Any Human Heart.
   • Restless.
   • Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay.
   • Ordinary Thunderstorms.

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   William Boyd is perhaps best described as a wry historian of 20th-century life, and an ironic commentator on the ways that life has been represented, not only in literature, but in the companion genres of visual art, film and photography.

   • Place Of Birth: Accra, Ghana

   • Works For: Hamish Hamilton Ltd

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   William Boyd has 62 books on Goodreads with 270955 ratings. William Boyd’s most popular book is Any Human Heart.

10. www.nytimes.com › william-boyd-romanticBook Review: ‘The Romantic,’ by William Boyd - The New York Times

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    Aug 13, 2023 · William Boyd’s new book follows one man from childhood to death, and the globe-spanning adventures in between.