In the end, his great accomplishment is to discover who he truly is--which is the romance of life itself, and the beating heart of The Romantic. . He travels the world as a soldier, a farmer, a felon, a writer, even a father. Soldier. 'Picaresque, big-hearted and moving, this is Boyd at the top of his game' Guardian'There are few reading pleasures as great as giving in to a William Boyd novel' Sunday Times'One of our best contemporary storytellers' Spectator'Simply the best realistic storyteller of his generation' Sebastian Faulks He is variously a soldier, a lover, a husband, a father, a friend of famous poets, a writer, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a farmer, an African explorer - and many other manifestations - before, finally, he becomes a minor diplomat, a consul based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he thinks he will see out the end of his days in well-deserved tranquillity. "Picaresque, big-hearted and moving, this is Boyd at the top of his game. He enters the world of the Romantic Poets in Pisa. Lover. Author(s): Boyd, William, Binding: Hardback, Date of Publication: 06/10/2022, Pagination: 464 pages, Series: N/A, Imprint: Viking, Published By: Penguin Books Ltd, Book Classification: Fiction & related items, ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241542026
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