Any Human Heart by William Boyd

Any Human Heart by William BoydEvery life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and Logan Mountstuart's stretching across the twentieth century is a rich tapestry of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war, and as an art dealer in '60s New York, Logan mixes with the men and women who shape his times. But as a son, friend, lover and husband, he makes the same mistakes we all

showcases both the variety of his writing and early examples of the themes and characters which would find their way into his later novels

when it is characterised by golden sunlight

Black Beauty finally canters towards a happy ending

They lose patients to this baffling pandemic

enclose her

At once tender and lacerating

In this dazzling debut

barely tolerated siblings

With his trademark mix of perceptiveness and sensitivity

before betraying her out of jealousy

This will be a wonderfully stimulating read and act as an invaluable guide as to what is truly important in living life

Gloriously silly comedy from Booker prize winner and bestseller Roddy Doyle