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From one of our most celebrated and imaginative writers comes a spellbinding novel about deception, betrayal, psychoanalysis, and the mysteries of the human heart. William Boyd follows his critically acclaimed novels A Good Man in Africa, Brazzaville Beach, and Ordinary Thunderstorms with a razor-sharp, incandescent thriller in Waiting for Sunrise. A provocative exploration of the line between consciousness and reality is nested within a tense, rollercoaster plotline following as a young English actor ensnared in a bewildering scandal with an enigmatic woman in early twentieth-century Vienna.
Sophisticated, page-turning, and unforgettable, Boyd's Waiting for Sunrise is a triumph of literary fiction from one of the most powerful, thought-provoking writers working today.
"I read all of Waiting for Sunrise expecting something that would change it from a run-of-the-mill novel into something better. There was nothing at all wrong with this book, it just never rose to the level of a great read." - BookBrowse, Bev Melven
"Boyd's latest has the irresistible charm of a vintage car that's still eminently roadworthy. And it's great fun." - Kirkus Reviews
"Starred Review. With its adroit plot twists and themes of deception and betrayal, this is an absorbing spy novel that raises provocative questions." - Publishers Weekly
"Thriller readers will enjoy, and even strictly literary sorts might want to consider." - Library Journal
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Eamonn McCabe
William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. Any Human Heart was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series. His books have won many literary awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, and the Costa Book Award. He was named a Granta Best Young Novelist in 1983, and in 2005, he was awarded the CBE. Boyd is married and divides his time between London and southwest France.
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