- Imprint: Penguin
- ISBN: 9781405978415
- Length: 320 pages
- Price: £9.99
GuardianA swinging 60s espionage thriller
iNewsBoyd raises the stakes with his second Cold War novel featuring reluctant spy Gabriel Dax . . . a deft mix of espionage, desire, and moral compromise
ObserverStylish stuff
SagaA faultless evocation of 1960s England, masterful, old-fashioned storytelling. The second novel in a trilogy that’ll leave you wanting more
Daily ExpressOne of our most thrilling writers
GuardianBeautifully crafted, with echoes of le Carré, Greene and Forsyth, this is a superb evocation of a vanished world, seen through the eyes of a relatably hapless accidental hero
The ScotsmanBoyd writes elegant prose and tells a convincing story, as he has been doing now for nearly 45 years
About William Boyd
William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of seventeen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. Any Human Heart was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series with Channel 4. In 2005, Boyd was awarded the CBE. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.
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