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Boyd's atmospheric new novel confirms his reputation as heir to the grand narrative traditions of Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham. In 1936 Los Angeles, as her long-estranged father tells architect Kay Fischer the story behind her secret parentage, he plunges readers into a tale of grisly murders and an illicit passion that still obsesses him 30 years later. "A perfect-pitch story of love and redemption" (The New York Times),
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The Blue Afternoon, William Boyd
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- The Blue Afternoon
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Boyd
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 367
- ISBN10
- 067977260X
- ISBN13
- 9780679772606
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Love, Contemporary Fiction, USA, Murders, Revenge, Escape, Mourning, Betrayal, Search, Father, Lies, Portugal, Los Angeles, Philippines
- First published
- 1993
- Original title
- Blue Afternoon
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Boyd's atmospheric new novel confirms his reputation as heir to the grand narrative traditions of Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham. In 1936 Los Angeles, as her long-estranged father tells architect Kay Fischer the story behind her secret parentage, he plunges readers into a tale of grisly murders and an illicit passion that still obsesses him 30 years later. "A perfect-pitch story of love and redemption" (The New York Times),