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A new "whole life" novel from William Boyd, the author of Any Human Heart.Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a lover, a husband, a father, a friend of famous poets, a writer, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a farmer, an African explorer - and many other manifestations - before, finally, he becomes a minor diplomat, a consul based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he thinks he will see out the end of his days in well-deserved tranquillity. This will not come to pass...
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The Romantic, William Boyd
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2022
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- Titolo
- The Romantic
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- William Boyd
- Editore
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Pubblicato
- 2022
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 451
- ISBN10
- 0241542022
- ISBN13
- 9780241542026
- Serie
- Valutazione
- 4,05 su 5
- Descrizione
- A new "whole life" novel from William Boyd, the author of Any Human Heart.Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a lover, a husband, a father, a friend of famous poets, a writer, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a farmer, an African explorer - and many other manifestations - before, finally, he becomes a minor diplomat, a consul based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he thinks he will see out the end of his days in well-deserved tranquillity. This will not come to pass...