The Blue Afternoon

Author(s): William Boyd

SECONDHAND BOOKS | Literary Fiction

Los Angeles 1936. Kay Fischer, a young ambitious architect is shadowed by Salvador Carriscant, an enigmatic stranger claiming to be her father. Within weeks of their first meeting, Kay will join him for an extraordinary journey into the old man's past, initially in search of a murderer, but finally in celebration of a glorious, undying love. 'William Boyd always, and justifiably, been described as a great storyteller... here he creates a world both elegiac and hopeful, and achingly memorable.' The Times 'Richly entertaining... Boyd has organised his narrative into one elegant and almost seamless weave.' Independent

1993. First edition. A very good copy with age tanning of the edges. The d/w is unclipped and also very good with light edge rubbing and sun fading of the spine.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781856193665
  • : Sinclair-Stevenson, Limited
  • : 01 August 1993
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 323
  • : good
  • : 823.9/14
  • : Hardback
  • : William Boyd