Any Human Heart
A BBC Two Between the Covers pick
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4.5 • 170 Ratings
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
DISCOVER THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED NOVEL ABOUT ONE HEART'S LOVES AND LOSSES FROM ICONIC STORYTELLER WILLIAM BOYD
Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary but Logan Mountstuart's contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway and Virginia Woolf, a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war and an art-dealer in '60s New York, 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.
Here, then, is the story of a life lived to the full - and a journey deep into a very human heart.
'One of the things this book does so brilliantly, is it so authentically recreates historical characters' Ben Miller, on BBC 2's Between The Covers
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'Astonishing, touching, extremely funny. A brilliant evocation of a past era and an immensely readable story' Sunday Telegraph
'Superb, wonderful, enjoyable' Guardian
'Generous, witty, sneakily profound' Evening Standard
Any Human Heart was adapted for a Channel 4 drama starring Kim Cattrall, Gillian Anderson, Matthew Macfadyen and Jim Broadbent and is perfect for readers of Sebastian Faulks and Hilary Mantel.
Customer Reviews
Awesome
This is Boyd’s masterpiece, an epic tale of love and loss against the backdrop of some of the most momentous upheavals of the 20th century.
William Boyd's best
His best book and the adaption for TV almost perfect. One of my favourites - have read it twice a real delight.
Any Human Heart
I agree this is an excellent read, beautifully written and captivating. I read Brazzaville Beach some years ago and it has taken me a chance gift to bring me back to reading WB. Well worth it but beware it makes you look at your own life too.