William Boyd, the third writer invited to pen a new story by the estate of Ian Fleming, will publish his Bond novel next Autumn.
Schlagwort-Archive: William Boyd
Rezension: William Boyd: “Eine große Zeit”
Sehnsüchtig erwartet und nun erschienen: “Eine große Zeit”, das aktuelle Buch von William Boyd. Wie bereits in anderen Werken setzt er sich auch hier mit der Identität des Individuums und dem Verlust von Identität auseinander.
Rezensionen: Philip Kerr, William Boyd
Mysteries and thrillers set in the years surrounding and during our two world wars have become a cottage industry.
Rezension: William Boyd: “Waiting for Sunrise”
Sex is everywhere in 1913 Vienna, but the consequences are murky. We tend to think of history as grand, immutable, writ in stone, but as British novelist William Boyd reminds us, human history is human error and human frailty.
Porträt: William Boyd
Der in 1952 in Accra Ghana geborene, schottische Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor und Regisseur William Boyd erfindet wunderbare Romanhelden & Heldinnen mit bizarren Lebensläufen.
Rezension: William Boyd: “Eine große Zeit”
In Boyds neuem Roman geht es erneut um die Welt der Spione. Nach einer hypnotischen Reise in die Vergangenheit des Schauspielers und unfreiwilligen Agenten Lysander Rief führt Boyd den Leser durch die Schützengräben und Wirrungen des Ersten Weltkriegs.
Kurzrezensionen: John Burnside, William Boyd
Magische Welt im hohen Norden und die wirre Zeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg – wir empfehlen die neuen Romane von zwei begnadeten Erzählern: John Burnsides “In hellen Sommernächten” und “Eine große Zeit” von William Boyd.
Rezension: William Boyd: “Waiting for Sunrise”
“Waiting for Sunrise” is a tantalizing, fast-paced spy novel by the prolific William Boyd. And yet, seductive as it is, the book is no bodice-ripper. It’s a brainteaser, charged with uncertainty and danger, electric with restraint.
Rezension: William Boyd: “Waiting for Sunrise”
Vienna, 1913: Lysander Rief, a twentysomething British actor, is seeking the cure of psychoanalysis. In the course of his treatment, he falls for a mysterious woman who lures him into an enthralling sexual adventure, only to turn around and charge him with rape.
Rezension: William Boyd: “Waiting for Sunrise”
In the early pages of “Waiting for Sunrise,” William Boyd’s cunning tale of espionage in World War I, a Viennese soldier warns Lysander Rief, the book’s naive hero, not to be fooled by the apparent placidity of the Austrian capital.
Rezension: William Boyd: “Waiting for Sunrise”
It’s Vienna, 1914, and everyone is preoccupied with the secret side of life. Lysander Rief, a young British actor visiting the city, learns that the parlormaid in his respectable boarding house has been turning tricks with a fellow guest.
Artikel: Boyd takes swipe at previous writer’s attempt to update 007
William Boyd has said that his version, set in 1969, will be “classic Bond”, eschewing the gadgetary of the film versions in favour of “story and character”.
Artikel: A Blagger’s Guide To: James Bond
William Boyd has been revealed as the writer behind the next James Bond novel, which will be published by Jonathan Cape next year. He follows recent official Bond novels by Sebastian Faulks.
Service: Boyd verfasst neuen 007-Roman
Der britische Erfolgsautor William Boyd tritt in die Fussstapfen seines berühmten Landsmanns Ian Fleming und schreibt einen neuen James-Bond-Roman.
Background: The writers behind James Bond
“It was a bad day when James Bond gave up smoking” – Allan Massie on how the latest writer to tackle 007, William Boyd, will change the secret agent’s character even further.
Rezension: William Boyd: »Eine große Zeit«
Agent zwischen Couch, Bett und Schützengraben: In seinem neuen Roman »Eine große Zeit« schickt William Boyd seine Hauptfigur in die Wirrungen von Vorkriegszeit und Erstem Weltkrieg – ohne bei der Kulissenschieberei in echte menschliche Abgründe zu schauen.
Rezension: William Boyd: »Waiting for Sunrise«
»Waiting for Sunrise« is an espionage novel which is both evocative and experimental. Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, has a problem. An episode in his teens has left him with a condition his psychoanalyst Dr Bensimon identifies as »anorgasmia«.