William Boyd, author portrait
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William Boyd

WILLIAM BOYD was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the award-winning author of seventeen highly acclaimed novels and five collections of stories. He divides his time between London and France.
The Romantic
Trio
Love Is Blind
Fascination
Any Human Heart
A Good Man in Africa
Stars and Bars
On the Yankee Station
The New Confessions
Armadillo
An Ice-Cream War
The Destiny of Nathalie X
The Blue Afternoon

Books

The Romantic
Trio
Love Is Blind
Fascination
Any Human Heart
A Good Man in Africa
Stars and Bars
On the Yankee Station
The New Confessions
Armadillo
An Ice-Cream War
The Destiny of Nathalie X
The Blue Afternoon

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