- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd (7 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0241142903
- ISBN-13: 978-0241142905
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,128,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is William Boyd's third volume of short stories following his acclaimed collections On the Yankee Station (1981) and The Destiny of Nathalie X (1995). Described as the finest storyteller of his generation , Boyd shows his mastery of the form as these stories range widely through time and space. In a brilliant array of styles and narratives we move from 1930s Germany to Los Angeles in the Second World War, from contemporary Oxford to 19th century Russia. Whether in London or Amsterdam. Eastbourne or a Normandy village these stories explore and expose the fraught, funny, absurd, poignant and lovelorn lives of their many and varied characters.
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William Boyd was born in Ghana in 1952. He was brought up there and in Nigeria. He was educated at the universities of Nice, Glasgow and Oxford. He is the author of eight novels and two previous volumes of short stories, and the recipient of many prizes, including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award. He is married and lives in London.
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Springtime in Oxford is vulgar, anyway, but something about this particular spring in Oxford is having me on. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Springtime in Oxford is vulgar, anyway, but something about this particular spring in Oxford is having me on. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fascination by William Boyd is a set of sixteen short stories. This may not sound either surprising or original until one considers their form. The author uses at least nine different and clearly identifiable forms in which to present this work. One takes the form of a video. There are childhood memories, a diary, a journal, an A-to-Z listing. One story is a set of dialogues over lunch. Another is a set of monologues. And William Boyd's use of these different forms is not just a writer's trick to impress a critic. In each case to form complements the story, adds interpretation to the events and helps our understanding of the characters. Fascination is thus no less than a fascinating read, a tour de force in miniature by a great writer.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got this as a present. I've not read any of the author's work before so had no expectations. And I'm not a huge fan of short stories, so I was pleasantly surprised when I read the first story. It was fantastic. And each and every one after was just as good. Superb collection from a talented writer, highly recommended.
Format:Kindle Edition
Wide-ranging set of short stories. The focus is often on the seedier side of life which gets wearisome before very long. One or two gems (The Ghost of a Bird, Varengeville) plus some gimmicky ones (Lunch, Adult Video) but mostly fairly pedestrian stuff.
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Memorable
There are some sections of this book which have stuck in my head ever since I read it a year ago, but it was borrowed, and since then I've been trying to find its name based on... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ms. Sophie Graham
Sophistication, craft, experimentation, range
William Boyd's range is one of the widest I have come across in a British writer. In this collection of short stories he writes about Germany before and after the war, a sleepy... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Eileen Shaw
fascination by William Boyd
Short stories are not usually my choice but I loved all of these as a good quick read. I shall go on to read all William Boyd books because of Any Human Heat which was a really... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2009 by Mrs. Imogen M. Skirving
Excellent read
A great collection of short stories, beautifully written and perfectly illustrating why William Boyd is one of the UKs finest and most readable modern authors.
Published on 11 Jun 2009 by Simon F
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