Alistair Owen

William Boyd

William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries

One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists

Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers

Boyd is back on a form few of his contemporaries can match. This fine, touching and clever book is the best thing he's written since [Any Human Heart] and deserves similar adulation

A finely judged performance: a deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination

Boyd on form is the ultimate in immersive fiction, and Love is Blind is Boyd at the top of his game . . . magnificent

In this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them. 
 
The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life of a writer. This is one of Britain's most beloved authors on what it is to write in a variety of forms.

The Mirror and the Road: Conversations with William Boyd

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William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries

One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists

Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers

William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries

One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists

Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers

William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries

One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists

Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers

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