Logan Mountstuart's long life is both ordinary and extraordinary. A writer, a spy and later an art dealer, Logan mixes with the men and women who shaped the twentieth century. But he's also a son, a husband and a lover, and he makes the same mistakes we all do in his search for happiness. William Boyd's bestselling novel, a rich, intriguing and entertaining account of a life lived to the full, comes to the tv screen in a major new series scripted by the author himself.
'Astounding. One of Boyd's greatest achievements' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Sheer, truly brilliant storytelling. He has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Wise, profound and moving. Only the very best novels make you look at your own life and imagine your own future with fresh eyes' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'Superb, wonderful, enjoyable' GUARDIAN
'Astonishing, touching, extremely funny. A brilliant evocation of a past era and an immensely readable story' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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About William Boyd
William Boyd is the author of eleven novels including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a Channel 4 drama; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection; Ordinary Thunderstorms and, most recently, the Sunday Times bestseller, Waiting for Sunrise. William Boyd lives in London and France.
