Píše se rok 1969. James Bond – britský zvláštní agent 007 – právě oslavil pětačtyřicáté narozeniny a je povolán na ústředí, kde obdrží neobvyklý úkol: má se vypravit do neklidného západoafrického státečku Zanzarim, aby zneškodnil vzbouřence, kteří ohrožují zdejší režim. Bondův příjezd do Afriky je počátkem divoké mise, při níž se agent snaží odhalit, jaké síly stojí za místní brutální
It is 1969 and James Bond is about to go solo, recklessly motivated by revenge. A seasoned veteran of the service, 007 is sent to single-handedly stop a civil war in the small West African nation of Zanzarim. Aided by a beautiful accomplice and hindered by the local militia, he undergoes a scarring experience which compels him to ignore M's orders in pursuit of his own brand of justice.
The new stylish mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken and every step could be fatal.‘Boyd does shadowy worlds and moral complexity better than anyone’ OBSERVER'For page-turning glamour, you can bank on a William Boyd novel to hit the spot' GUARDIAN'Extravagantly enjoyable' THE TIMES‘Storytelling genius’ MICK
'An elating read' Sunday TimesA producer. A novelist. An actress.It is summer in 1968, the year of the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. There are riots in Paris and the Vietnam War is out of control. While the world is reeling our three characters are involved in making a Swingin' Sixties movie in sunny Brighton.All are leading secret lives. Elfrida is drowning her
Love is Blindis William Boyd's sweeping, heart-stopping new novel. Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life. When Brodie is offered a job in Paris, he seizes the chance to flee Edinburgh and his tyrannical clergyman father, and begin a wildly different new chapter in his life.In Paris, a