The Blue Afternoon
Author | : William Boyd |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2010-09-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307765260 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307765261 |
Rating | : 4/5 (261 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Blue Afternoon by : William Boyd
Download or read book The Blue Afternoon written by William Boyd and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A perfect-pitch story of love and redemption" (The New York Times), Boyd's atmospheric new novel confirms his reputation as heir to the grand narrative traditions of Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham. In 1936 Los angeles, as her long-estranged father tells architect Kay Fischer the story behind her secret parentage, he plunges readers into a tale of grisly murders and an illicit passion that still obsseses him 30 years later.