About William Boyd
William Boyd was born in Ghana. He was brought up there and in Nigeria. He was educated at the universities of Nice, Glasgow and Oxford. He is the author of seven previous novels and the recipient of many awards including the Whitbread First Novel, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award. An Ice-Cream War was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He is married and lives in Chelsea, London.
Novels
A Good Man in Africa (1981)
An Ice-Cream War (1982)
Stars and Bars (1984)
The New Confessions (1987)
Brazzaville Beach (1990)
The Blue Afternoon (1993)
Transfigured Night (1995)
Armadillo (1998)
Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928-1960 (1998)
Any Human Heart (2002)
Restless (2006)
Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009)
Waiting for Sunrise (2012)
An Ice-Cream War (1982)
Stars and Bars (1984)
The New Confessions (1987)
Brazzaville Beach (1990)
The Blue Afternoon (1993)
Transfigured Night (1995)
Armadillo (1998)
Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928-1960 (1998)
Any Human Heart (2002)
Restless (2006)
Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009)
Waiting for Sunrise (2012)
Collections
On the Yankee Station: And Other Stories (1981)
School Ties (1985)
My Girl in Skin Tight Jeans: And Other Stories (1991)
The Destiny of Natalie 'X': And Other Stories (1995)
Killing Lizards (1995)
Fascination (2004)
The Dream Lover (2008)
Ox-Tales:Water (2009) (with Michel Faber, Giles Foden, Esther Freud, Zoë Heller, Heri Kunzu, Michael Morpurgo, David Park and Vikram Seth)
School Ties (1985)
My Girl in Skin Tight Jeans: And Other Stories (1991)
The Destiny of Natalie 'X': And Other Stories (1995)
Killing Lizards (1995)
Fascination (2004)
The Dream Lover (2008)
Ox-Tales:Water (2009) (with Michel Faber, Giles Foden, Esther Freud, Zoë Heller, Heri Kunzu, Michael Morpurgo, David Park and Vikram Seth)
Non fiction
Awards
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Links to other websites
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William Boyd recommends
 The Outsider (1942) Albert Camus "One of those books that marks a reader's life indelibly." |  Alma Cogan (1991) Gordon Burn "An extraordinary, unprecidented novel, audacious, innovative and totally compelling." |  The Kindness of Women (1991) (Empire of the Sun, book 2) J G Ballard "The book is full of mesmerising writing, classic examples of the Ballard style, paragraphs and pages that disturb and enthral... A force is operating in this astonishing book which is hard to resist." |
 Falling Away (1996) Candida Crewe "A beautiful and impressive feat of imagination." |  The Last King of Scotland (1998) Giles Foden "Audacious, shrewd and spirited." |  The Memory of All That (1999) Bryan Forbes "A fascinating novel, utterly compelling and wonderfully authentic." |
 Days Like These (2001) Virginia Duigan "A tremendous novel possessing real charm, a kind of freshness and guilelessness that is very potent - and a toughness and reality that I genuinely applaud." |  Amagansett (2004) Mark Mills "A striking and assured first thriller...worldly and impeccably researched. " |  Something in the Sea (2006) Yves Bonavero "I was gripped and enthralled." |
 If Minds Had Toes (2007) Lucy Eyre "A book of tremendous originality: funny, clever, and hugely beguiling." |  Typhoon (2008) Charles Cumming "Compelling, vivid and disturbing. I read it at a rate of knots. " |  Free Agent (2009) (Paul Dark trilogy, book 1) Jeremy Duns "A wholly engrossing and sophisticated spy novel set against a forgotten corner of 20th century history. Fascinating and compelling." |
 Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi (2009) Geoff Dyer "A must-read." |  The Dogs of Rome (2010) (Commissario Alec Blume , book 1) Conor Fitzgerald "Powerful and hugely compelling." |  Collected Stories (2010) Hanif Kureishi "No one else casts such a shrewd and gimlet eye on contemporary life." |
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