Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the story of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician who sets off on a journey of discovery, only to be thrown off course by a mysterious woman. Boyd, ...

In this episode, we’re going back to 2009 when the bestselling author William Boyd became a Listed Londoner. William Boyd is a celebrated novelist, screenwriter, critic and short story writer. He was ...

WAITING FOR SUNRISE, by William Boyd. Harper, 353 pp., $25.99. When we learned earlier this month that author William Boyd had been selected to write the next James Bond novel, I thought: Of course. I ...

Let me tell you about Gabriel Dax. He's a Cold War-era travel writer who goes all over the world. That nicely positions him to also be a British secret agent. But he also gets envelopes of cash from ...

At a Guardian Live event for his latest book Sweet Caress, Boyd gives an insight on what it takes to become a great novelist. However, at a Guardian Live event for his latest book 'Sweet Caress', Boyd ...

Forty years ago this month, William Boyd’s first novel, the satirical “A Good Man in Africa” was published to great acclaim, winning the Somerset Maugham Award and the Whitbread Book Award for a first ...

Talbot, the film’s producer, Anny, its star, and Elfrida, a struggling writer, lead the way. Counting a philosopher, screenwriter and aspiring singer among its secondary cast, the novel depicts the ...

At a Guardian Live event for his latest book Sweet Caress, Boyd gives an insight on what it takes to become a great novelist. William Boyd gives an insight on what it takes to become a great novelist.