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Brazzaville Beach is a novel by William Boyd, for which he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1990, and the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. The book tells the story of a woman, Hope Clearwater, researching chimpanzees, and the circumstances that brought her to Africa.
Sep 2, 1990 · Brazzaville Beach - literary novel as absorbing page-turner. William Boyd proves himself master of the craft - so much drama, so much suspense. The skinny: twentysomething Hope Clearwater lives on Brazzaville Beach in West Africa, recovering from two major shocks in her life.
Oct 13, 2009 · Brazzaville Beach: A Novel. William Boyd. Harper Collins, Oct 13, 2009 - Fiction - 380 pages. A primatologist flees her broken marriage for a job in war-torn Africa in the renowned author’s...
Jun 23, 1991 · The archangel Lucifer, he who lights up intellect and ambition, is the spirit creating mischief for the men of science who calculate their way through William Boyd's new novel, "Brazzaville...
Jan 12, 2007 · The book opens with a scene from Brazzaville Beach, which is probably near the Congo river, where Clearwater is staying while she recovers from her shattered personal and professional life. A...
Jun 14, 1991 · BRAZZAVILLE BEACH. by William Boyd ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 14, 1991. bookshelf. shop now. Opting for a leaner, meaner approach than in his earlier work, Boyd here demonstrates he is capable of a serious, tightly controlled narrative as well as the comic-satiric exuberance of A Good Man in Africa (1982) and The New Confessions (1988).
Dec 29, 2009 · Brazzaville Beach is, to some degree, about tasting the fruits of knowledge and losing one's innocence. The main character, Hope Clearwater, will hear these words later on: "...the pursuit of knowledge is the road to hell...You think that if you know everything you can escape from the world."
