'A brilliant storyteller . . . a book which stretches, tantalizes and delights' Financial Times
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On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater ponders the strange circumstances that led her to leave her husband John, and his mathematical obsessions, in England and venture to Africa to help world-renowned scientist Eugene Mallabar with his studies of wild chimps.
But the more Hope studies Mallabar, the more she comes to believe that something isn't right. That behind Mallabar, and his obsessive work, there lies another, more sinister truth: one that might also help explain Hope's reasons for leaving England . . .
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'A most extraordinary parable about mankind. Quite unlike anything else I have read' Sunday Express
'Brilliant, daring. A gripping and compulsive story' Herald
'Hilarious and edgy' Sunday Times
作者简介
威廉.波伊德(William Boyd),1952年生于加纳,成长于奈及利亚,目前定居伦敦。
作品获奖无数:
1981年以《非洲好人》 (A Good Man in Africa)获得怀特布莱德文学奖新作奖(Whitbread Literary Award for the Best First Novel)
1982 年以《冰淇淋战争》(An Ice-Cream War)获得约翰列威林莱斯纪念奖 (John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize),并入围布克奖决选(Booker Prize)
1990年以《布莱萨维尔海滩》(Brazzaville Beach)获得布莱克小说纪念奖(James Tait Black Memorial Prize)
1995年以《蓝色下午》(The Blue Afternoon)获得洛杉矶时报小说奖(Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction)
William Boyd is the author of ten novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection, and most recently, the bestselling Ordinary Thunderstorms.
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