
Any Human Heart" is William's Boyd's classic bestselling novel
- now a major Channel 4 drama. Every life is both ordinary & extraordinary but Logan Mountstuart's
- lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century
- contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris & Virginia Woolf in London as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming & betrayed in the war & as an art-dealer in '60s New York Logan mixes with the movers & shakers of his times. But as a son friend lover & husband he makes the same mistakes we all do in our search for happiness. Here then is the story of a life lived to the full
- & a journey deep into a very human heart. " Any Human Heart" will be enjoyed by readers of Sebastian Faulks Nick Hornby & Hilary Mantel as well as lovers of the finest British & historical fiction around the world. It was recently adapted for a major Channel 4 four-part drama series scripted by William Boyd & starring Kim Cattrall Gillian Anderson Jim Broadbent & Tom Hollander. This edition features beautiful cover artwork from the television series. " Astonishing touching extremely funny. A brilliant evocation of a past era & an immensely readable story". (" Sunday Telegraph"). " Superb wonderful enjoyable". (" Guardian"). "A terrific journey through the twentieth century. Thoroughly entertaining & enjoyable". (Jeremy Paxman). William Boyd was born in Ghana where his father was a doctor & was educated there & in Scotl&. His first novel "A Good Man in Africa" won both the Whitbread First Novel & Somerset Maugham Prizes & his subsequent novels have gone onto win many awards. His books include: " On the Yankee Station & Other Stories" " An Ice-Cream War" " Stars & Bars" " School Ties" " The New Confessions" " Brazzaville Beach" " The Blue Afternoon" " The Destiny of Natalie 'X' & Other Stories" " Armadillo" " Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928-1960" " Any Human Heart" " Restless" " The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth" " Ordinary Thunderstorms" " Fascination" " Bamboo" & " Waiting for Sunrise". He divides his time between London & south-west France."