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Brazzaville Beach
- Author
- William Boyd
- Narrator
- Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 8 October 2020
- Run Time
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE
On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater ponders the strange circumstances that led her to leave her husband John, and his mathematical obsessions, in England and venture to Africa to help world-renowned scientist Eugene Mallabar with his studies of wild chimps.
But the more Hope studies Mallabar, the more she comes to believe that something isn't right. That behind Mallabar, and his obsessive work, there lies another, more sinister truth: one that might also help explain Hope's reasons for leaving England . . .
'A brilliant storyteller . . . a book which stretches, tantalizes and delights' Financial Times
'A most extraordinary parable about mankind. Quite unlike anything else I have read' Sunday Express
'Brilliant, daring. A gripping and compulsive story' Herald
'Hilarious and edgy' Sunday Times
© William Boyd 1990 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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Details
- Author
- William Boyd
- Narrator
- Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Duration
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 October 2020
- ISBN
- 9780241991275
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZEOn Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater ponders the strange circumstances that led her to leave her husband John, and his mathematical obsessions, in England and venture to Africa to help world-renowned scientist Eugene Mallabar with his studies of wild chimps.But the more Hope studies Mallabar, the more she comes to believe that something isn't right. That behind Mallabar, and his obsessive work, there lies another, more sinister truth: one that might also help explain Hope's reasons for leaving England . . .'A brilliant storyteller . . . a book which stretches, tantalizes and delights' Financial Times'A most extraordinary parable about mankind. Quite unlike anything else I have read' Sunday Express'Brilliant, daring. A gripping and compulsive story' Herald'Hilarious and edgy' Sunday Times© William Boyd 1990 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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