{"product_id":"brazzaville-beach-9780061956317","title":"Brazzaville Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Utterly engaging....A novel of ideas, of big themes....William Boyd is a champion storyteller.\" - \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Boyd's classic \u003cem\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/em\u003e has been called as a \"bold seamless blend of philosophy and suspense...  that] nevertheless remains accessible to general readers on a level of pure entertainment.\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e). Released to coincide with Boyd's latest novel, \u003cem\u003eOrdinary Thunderstorms\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a British primate-researcher who relocates to war-torn Africa in the wake of her husband's tragic descent into mental illness. Intense, exhilarating, and engrossing, \u003cem\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/em\u003e is \"rich in action and thought,\" and William Boyd \"a writer who allows the scope of his work to expand to the point of bursting.\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoyd, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWilliam Boyd is also the author of \u003cem\u003eA Good Man in Africa\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; \u003cem\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys War Prize and short-listed for the Booker Prize; \u003cem\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; \u003cem\u003eRestless\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year; \u003cem\u003eOrdinary Thunderstorms\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/em\u003e, among other books. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513746198802,"sku":"9780061956317","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85327a87-6cc1-43c0-9189-30dbb43f2c54.jpg?v=1730966284","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brazzaville-beach-9780061956317","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}