Any Human Heart

Resumen del libro

Any Human Heart is William's Boyd's classic, bestselling novel, now available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Every life is both ordinary and 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 and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war and as an art-dealer in '60s New York, Logan mixes with the movers and shakers of his times.

But as a son, friend, lover and 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 - and a journey deep into a very human heart. Any Human Heart will be enjoyed by readers of Sebastian Faulks, Nick Hornby and Hilary Mantel, as well as lovers of the finest British and historical fiction around the world.

It was recently adapted for a major Channel 4 four-part drama series scripted by William Boyd and starring Kim Cattrall, Gillian Anderson, Jim Broadbent and Tom Hollander. This edition features beautiful cover artwork from the television series. 'Astonishing, touching, extremely funny.

A brilliant evocation of a past era and an immensely readable story' Sunday Telegraph 'Superb, wonderful, enjoyable' Guardian 'A terrific journey through the twentieth century. Thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable' Jeremy Paxman

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P Nacido en Ghana en 1952, x{0026}lt;B William Boydx{0026}lt;/B pasó gran parte de su infancia en el oeste de África. Es autor de catorce novelas, entre las que destacan x{0026}lt;I Un buen hombre en Áfricax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Como nieve al solx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Barras y estrellasx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Las nuevas confesionesx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Playa de Brazzavillex{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I La tarde azulx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Armadillox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Las aventuras de un hombre cualquierax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Sin respirox{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Solox{0026}lt;/I , protagonizada por James Bond (todas ellas publicadas por Alfaguara). También ha escrito libros de relatos, un ensayo, una biografía, y guiones para cine y televisión. Ha sido galardonado, entre otros, con los premios Whitbread First Novel; Somerset Maugham; John Llewellyn Rhys; James Tait Black Memorial; Jean Monnet; Costa Novel of the Year, y el Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year. Es miembro de la Real Sociedad de Literatura británica y Oficial de la Orden de las Artes y las Letras francesa. En 2005 fue nombrado Caballero del Imperio Británico. Hoy en día divide su tiempo entre el suroeste de Francia y el barrio londinense de Chelsea.x{0026}lt;/P