Though known principally for such novels as Brazzaville Beach and Any Human Heart, William Boyd has always written non-fiction too: about films and paintings, about films and paintings, about places he has loved from London to Montevideo, about minicabs and caffs, and about his childhood and schooling in Africa and Scotland. Bamboo is a generous selection of the best of this other writing.
Though known principally for such novels as Brazzaville Beach and Any Human Heart, William Boyd has always written non-fiction too: about films and paintings, about films and paintings, about places he has loved from London to Montevideo, about minicabs and caffs, and about his childhood and schooling in Africa and Scotland. Bamboo is a generous selection of the best of this other writing.