Any Human Heart (Penguin Essentials)

　　Any Human Heart is William's Boyd's classic, bestselling novel, now available as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

　　Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart's - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share 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 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.

　　Any Human Heart will be enjoyed by readers of Sebastian Faulks, Nick Hornby and Hilary Mantel, as well as lovers of the finest British and historical fiction around the world. It was recently adapted for a major Channel 4 four-part drama series scripted by William Boyd and starring Kim Cattrall, Gillian Anderson, Jim Broadbent and Tom Hollander. This edition features beautiful cover artwork from the television series.

　　'Astonishing, touching, extremely funny. A brilliant evocation of a past era and an immensely readable story' Sunday Telegraph

　　'Superb, wonderful, enjoyable' Guardian

　　'A terrific journey through the twentieth century. Thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable' Jeremy Paxman.

作者簡介

威廉．波伊德　William Boyd

　　1952年生於加納，成長於奈及利亞，目前定居倫敦。

　　作品獲獎無數：

　　－1981年以《非洲好人》 （A Good Man in Africa）獲得懷特布萊德文學獎新作獎（Whitbread Literary Award for the Best First Novel）

　　－1982 年以《冰淇淋戰爭》（An Ice-Cream War）獲得約翰列威林萊斯紀念獎 （John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize），並入圍布克獎決選（Booker Prize）;

　　－1990年以《布萊薩維爾海灘》（Brazzaville Beach）獲得布萊克小說紀念獎（James Tait Black Memorial Prize）；

　　－1995年以《藍色下午》（The Blue Afternoon）獲得洛杉磯時報小說獎（Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction）

　　本書更獲得2006年柯思達小說獎（Costa Novel Award），並為 2007 年英國「李查和茱蒂」讀書俱樂部年度選書。

　　William Boyd is the author of ten novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection, and most recently, the bestselling Ordinary Thunderstorms.