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June
29. The Old Man and Me by Elaine Dundy
30. Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
31. Lush Life by Richard Price
32. Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler
July
33. Berlin Game by Len Deighton
34. A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
35. Love and War in the ... #13 Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
From what I can tell from the three novels I've now read by Boyd, he is consistently solid. None of them would qualify for my book of the year but they are all very readable and interesting. As Boyd likes to work in different genres, this is more of an ... Auschwitz and After by Charlotte Delbo
Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
Blenheim: Biography of a Palace by Marian Fowler
The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender
#14 I love William Boyd, have you read Brazzaville Beach? That's my favourite of his. Wouldn't call it funny but would call it an absolutely absorbing, gripping book. 31. Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
I bought this book last year when it was hyped on LT. I only couldn't remember why, but it brought high expectations for this read. Partly these came through, as I liked the way the book was set up and it was a good read. On the other hand, it couldn't ... Just finished Brazzaville beach by William Boyd, which I kind of liked (still thinking about what I should think of it).
Later today I will start Lijmen / Het been by Willem Elsschot. This is a re-read of a book I liked some 8 years ago. I've bought some other books by this author ... I'm about to start Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd. Bought it because the rumours about it on LT somewhere last year. Actuallly, I think it's the first book I bought because of LT (or: where it all went wrong).
Next to that I'm reading De kleur van het duister by Frank Thilliez, a ... ... in edizioni assai datate e/o uscite con una tiratura infima. Quanti, ad esempio, conoscono il romanziere inglese William Boyd? O lo scrittore di fantascienza Rudy Rucker, americano di origine tedesca e vero "padrino" del cyberpunk? E controllate se nei vostri scaffali o scatoloni ... ... spy-novel setting on a cruise ship and with a philosophical background. Another (and more recent) nice spy-novel is William Boyd's Restless, which portrays an unforgettable IIWW and Cold War heroine. Just received Nine stories by J.D. Salinger and Brazzaville beach by William Boyd by mail. The last one was an LT recommendation. I know that I know that and I am not at home to check it. That's so familiar.
Brazzaville Beach ... have hoped to move except Mr. Man, and in the process I found books I had overlooked! O frabjous day, calloo callay!
Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
O Ye Jigs and Juleps by Virginia Cary Hudson, a favorite of my mama's
The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd again...I ... ... in the interests of speed: the upper floors were being done by a firm called Edmund, Rintoul Ltd.
armadillo by william boyd I made a run to Half Price Books tonight and came home with the following:
Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
An Ice-Cream War by William Boyd
The Tale of the 1002nd Night by Joseph Roth
The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Man and Wife by ... I remember what impressed me most about Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd was how well he pulled off the (female) protagonist's voice. I didn't love the book, but that bit was particularly well executed.
... the River
1992 Rose Tremain
Sacred Country
1991 Ian Sinclair
Downriver
1990 William Boyd
Brazzaville Beach
1989 James Kelman
A Disaffection
1988 Piers Paul Reid
A Season in the West
1987 George Mackay Brown
The Golden Bird: Two Orkney S ... ... the River
1992 Rose Tremain
Sacred Country
1991 Ian Sinclair
Downriver
1990 William Boyd
Brazzaville Beach
1989 James Kelman
A Disaffection
1988 Piers Paul Reid
A Season in the West
1987 George Mackay Brown
The Golden Bird: Two Orkney S ... ... max. If you're unfamiliar with Boyd (a crying shame!), then I especially recommend his wonderful novels Any Human Heart, Brazzaville Beach, or A Good Man in Africa, and you may thank me later, of course, but whatever you do, don't miss Restless, because it's nothing short of dynamite. I meant to add that 1990's JTB winner Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd is a cracking read.
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