THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor, sits in the waiting room of the city's preeminent psychiatrist as he anxiously ponders the particularly intimate nature of his neurosis. When the enigmatic, intensely beautiful Hettie Bull walks in, Lysander is immediately drawn to her, unaware of how destructive the consequences of their subsequent affair will be. One year later, home in London, Lysander finds himself entangled in the dangerous web of wartime intelligence - a world of sex, scandal and spies that is slowly, steadily, permeating every corner of his life...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781408830390
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 305 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
A truly gripping, hugely atmospheric and vastly complicated spy thriller - Daily Mirror
A book which immerses the reader in the coffee-house capital to create a highly accomplished romantic thriller - Christian House, Independent on Sunday
A pacy and involving page-turner that explores the myriad ways we lie to ourselves and others - Daily Mail
Superb; hand-on-heart, may-the-Lord-strike-me-down-terrific - Charles Cumming, Spectator
An intricately plotted world of spies, lies and the double cross - Sunday Telegraph
A gleeful celebration of storytelling - sly,clever, frequently hilarious,always involving ... the literary event of the year - The Times
William Boyd has done it again. As always a first class read
that keeps you engrossed in the world of spies and intrigue.
He has that rare ability to place you at the scene and relate to the characters. Most of all...
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William Boyd has become the new Ken Follett. Except he's not as good.
Whatever happened to William Boyd? His earlier work was both literary and accessible and said something new.
Now it's pure airport...
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