Brazzaville Beach [electronic resource]
Boyd, William2013
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***William Boyd's new novel, The Romantic, is available to pre-order now*** WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 'A brilliant storyteller . . . a book which stretches, tantalizes and delights' Financial Times _____________________________________ On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater ponders the strange circumstances that led her to leave her husband John, and his mathematical obsessions, in England and venture to Africa to help world-renowned scientist Eugene Mallabar with his studies of wild chimps. But the more Hope studies Mallabar, the more she comes to believe that something isn't right. That behind Mallabar, and his obsessive work, there lies another, more sinister truth: one that might also help explain Hope's reasons for leaving England . . . _____________________________________ 'A most extraordinary parable about mankind. Quite unlike anything else I have read' Sunday Express 'Brilliant, daring. A gripping and compulsive story' Herald 'Hilarious and edgy' Sunday Times
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Brazzaville Beach [electronic resource] / William Boyd
Author:
Boyd, William, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Books Ltd, 2013
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of fifteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels, including Any Human Heart and Trio, and five collections of stories. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.
ISBN:
9780141906775
Language:
English
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BRN:
2796137
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