Bookshelf Travelling for Insane Times – William Boyd
Posted in Other fiction at 12:00 on 6 December 2020
Another entry for the meme started by Judith and now collated by Katrina. The weekend comes around so fast.
This week I’m featuring books by William Boyd. His Wiki page describes him as a Scottish writer (but Fantastic Fiction has him as British. By parentage (and part of his education) he is Scottish but his writing is more akin to that from south of the border so I have always had a slight reservation. I do have his books shelved on my “Scottish” bookcase, though, but only after the “W”s and Kurt Wittig‘s critical work.
Standouts here are The New Confessions, Brazzaville Beach, Any Human Heart, and the spoof biography Nat Tate, an American Artist.
Tags: an American Artist, Any Human Heart, Brazzaville Beach, Kurt Wittig, Nat Tate, Other fiction, Scottish Fiction, The New Confessions, William Boyd
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6 December 2020 at 23:21
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tracybham
8 December 2020 at 19:30
I checked out some of your reviews here for Boyd’s books (Nat Tate, Sweet Caress, and Ordinary Thunderstorms) and you have encouraged me to read some books by this author. I have Restless but have not read it yet. I will start there. Early in 2021 probably.
jackdeighton
8 December 2020 at 22:52
tracybham,
Glad to be of service.
Most of the Boyd books I have I read way before blogging so there are no reviews here. They are almost without exception excellent, though.
Hope you like “Restless”.