Logan Mountstuart's live spans from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century. As a writer 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.  This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60% of the author's work and as low as 30% with characters and plotlines removed.

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Logan Mountstuart's live spans from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century. As a writer 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.  This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60% of the author's work and as low as 30% with characters and plotlines removed.

Reviews

'Astounding. One of Boyd's greatest achievements'
MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Sheer, truly brilliant storytelling. He has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries'
DAILY TELEGRAPH



'Wise, profound and moving. Only the very best novels make you look at your own life and imagine your own future with fresh eyes'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY



'Superb, wonderful, enjoyable'
GUARDIAN



'Astonishing, touching, extremely funny. A brilliant evocation of a past era and an immensely readable story'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

About the Author

William Boyd is the author of eight previous novels, many of which have won prizes. A Good Man in Africa  won the Whitbread Literary Award for the Best First Novel; An Ice Cream War won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker prize; Brazzaville Beach  won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and The Blue Afternoon  was the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. In addition, some thirteen of his screenplays have been filmed and in 1998 he both wrote and directed the feature film, The Trench. Photograph © Jerry Bauer More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation