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Waiting for Sunrise William Boyd ( and playwright, UK)

Waiting for Sunrise By William Boyd ( and playwright, UK)

Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd ( and playwright, UK)


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Summary

A thrilling, plot-twisting new novel set in Europe during the first world war, from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart, Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms

Waiting for Sunrise Summary

Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd ( and playwright, UK)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor, sits in the waiting room of the city's preeminent psychiatrist as he anxiously ponders the particularly intimate nature of his neurosis. When the enigmatic, intensely beautiful Hettie Bull walks in, Lysander is immediately drawn to her, unaware of how destructive the consequences of their subsequent affair will be. One year later, home in London, Lysander finds himself entangled in the dangerous web of wartime intelligence - a world of sex, scandal and spies that is slowly, steadily, permeating every corner of his life...

Waiting for Sunrise Reviews

A truly gripping, hugely atmospheric and vastly complicated spy thriller * Daily Mirror *
A book which immerses the reader in the coffee-house capital to create a highly accomplished romantic thriller -- Christian House * Independent on Sunday *
A pacy and involving page-turner that explores the myriad ways we lie to ourselves and others * Daily Mail *
Superb; hand-on-heart, may-the-Lord-strike-me-down-terrific -- Charles Cumming * Spectator *
An intricately plotted world of spies, lies and the double cross * Sunday Telegraph *
A gleeful celebration of storytelling - sly,clever, frequently hilarious,always involving ... the literary event of the year * The Times *

About William Boyd ( and playwright, UK)

William Boyd is the author of ten novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a Channel 4 drama; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection, and most recently, the bestselling Ordinary Thunderstorms.

Additional information

GOR004467114
9781408830390
1408830396
Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd ( and playwright, UK)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20130117
448
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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