Love is Blind

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Description

‘The ultimate in immersive fiction . . . magnificent’ Sunday Times’Highly readable, entirely engaging and frequently funny’ Observer’Perfectly pitched . . . A deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination’ Guardian Book of the WeekAround the turn of the twentieth century young pianist Brodie Moncur quits Edinburgh’s slate skies for the lights of Paris, his preacher father’s words of denunciation ringing in his ears. There he joins forces with the fiery Irish virtuoso John Kilbarron and together the pair take Europe by storm.But when he falls for Kilbarron’s lover – the mesmerizing Russian soprano Lika Blum – Brodie quickly realizes that the tide has turned and he must flee across a continent, haunted by his love for Lika, and pursued by the vengeful wrath of his rival.’A giddying read . . . his most immersive historical novel to date’ Daily Telegraph’Elegant and affecting. A racing fin-de-siècle romance’ The Times’Boyd’s talents as a rollicking storytelling [are] full on display in this historical blockbuster’ Metro

Additional information

Weight 0.269 kg
Dimensions 2.4 × 13.2 × 20 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

384

Publisher

Year Published

2019-5-2

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0241295920

About The Author

William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. His first novel, A Good Man in Africa, won the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Somerset Maugham Prize. His other novels include An Ice Cream War, Armadillo, Any Human Heart, Restless and Sweet Caress. His latest book is the short-story collection The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth. He is married and divides his time between London and south west France.

Boyd on form is the ultimate in immersive fiction, and Love is Blind is Boyd at the top of his game . . . magnificent

Other text

Boyd is back on a form few of his contemporaries can match. This fine, touching and clever book is the best thing he's written since [Any Human Heart] and deserves similar adulation

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