William Boyd

Oct 31, 2024 | msn.com | William Boyd

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Oct 14, 2024 | penguinrandomhouse.co.za | William Boyd

In this thrilling novel, Britain’s greatest storyteller takes you to sixties London, where Gabriel Dax, a travel writer haunted by memories of his childhood home in flames, is drawn into the world of espionage. When offered the chance to interview a political figure, Gabriel is unwittingly pulled into a web of deception. Under the influence of Faith Green, a mysterious MI6 handler, he becomes her spy, entangled in a life of danger and betrayal.

Aug 31, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | William Boyd

‘The important thing to know about an assassination’, wrote Eric Ambler, ‘is not who fired the shot, but who paid for the bullet.’ On 17 January 1961, just six months after his country gained independence, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was assassinated by firing squad. Blame was immediately levelled at the republic’s former colonial ruler, Belgium. But the UK and the USA wanted Lumumba dead too.

Jul 25, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Brad Parks |William Boyd |Larry Millett |Robert Harris

Terry Roberts. Turner, $16.99 trade paper (280p) ISBN 978-1-68442-035-3Roberts’s superb third whodunit featuring Stephen Robbins (after My Mistress’ Eyes are Raven Black) finds the PI investigating the mysterious death of a college girl at the hotel where he used to work. In 1924, Robbins, 44, has retired from detective work and is living as a recluse after his wife died in childbirth.

Apr 8, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | William Boyd

I was recently watching a 1977 televised interview with one of the survivors of the legendary “Great Escape” from Stalag Luft III in 1944. The former prisoner of war being questioned was called Ley Kenyon and he was asked what he thought of the 1963 movie The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough. He replied politely, saying that it may have been an entertaining film but it wasn’t “remotely close to the reality”.