The Mirror and the Road: Conversations with William Boyd

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Acclaimed author Alistair Owen interviews one of the best loved writers of modern times about his life and work In this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them. The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life of a writer. This is one of Britain's most beloved authors on what it is to write in a variety of forms.

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William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries * Daily Telegraph *
One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists * Sunday Times *
Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers * Sunday Express *
Boyd is back on a form few of his contemporaries can match. This fine, touching and clever book is the best thing he's written since [Any Human Heart] and deserves similar adulation * Observer on Love Is Blind *
A finely judged performance: a deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination * Guardian on Love Is Blind *
Boyd on form is the ultimate in immersive fiction, and Love is Blind is Boyd at the top of his game . . . magnificent * Sunday Times *

Author Bio

Alistair Owen (Author) Alistair Owen is author of the acclaimed Smoking in Bed- Conversations with Bruce Robinson (Guardian Book of the Year), Story and Character- Interviews with British Screenwriters, and Hampton on Hampton (Observer Books of the Year). William Boyd (Author) William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France. His most recent novel, Trio, was a Sunday Times bestseller.