The Destiny of Nathalie X [Paperback]

This new collection of eleven stories by the author of The Blue Afternoon takes readers back in time from a contemporary Hollywood film shoot to World War I in Vienna, introducing an unforgettable cast of characters. Artful, witty, moving, The Destiny of Nathalie X is a confirmation of Boyd's standing as a master storyteller. 208 pp. Author tour. 15,000 print.William Boyd’s first novel,A Good Man in Africa,won a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second,An Ice-Cream War,was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize;Brazzaville Beachwon the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; andThe Blue Afternoonwon the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.US