Love is Blind by William Boyd

Love is Blind by William Boyd'The ultimate in immersive fiction . . . magnificent' Sunday Times'Highly readable, entirely engaging and frequently funny' Observer'Perfectly pitched . . . A deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination' Guardian Book of the WeekAround the turn of the twentieth century young pianist Brodie Moncur quits Edinburgh's slate skies for the lights of Paris, his preacher father's words of denunciation ringing in his ears.

both artists had felt a direct connection to their hero – a man who had died a long

Little does he know that Mia is battling her own demons and will soon find that her life and that of the case are entwined in ways no one could have imagined

Surrounded by death

marriage into the German aristocracy

''With its perfect blend of humour

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- Easy-to-follow itineraries

and like a true 'Lover's Complaint'

and how old growth may in fact have the most survival strategies for climate change

digs into the life events which fine-tuned Smith's weapons-grade charisma and steely determination' Observer'I absolutely loved it

An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity