In a prolific literary career spanning 18 novels, William Boyd has become known for his masterfully interwoven plots, his sweeping historical backdrops, and his consistent readability. From the ...

There is no big set piece to open “Solo,” the new James Bond novel by British author William Boyd. The secret agent best known as 007 doesn’t launch the story with an extravagant car chase ...

William Boyd opens the door of his house in Chelsea at the ungodly hour, by the standards of author interviews, of 8.30 in ...

But these books and the estate are very much separate from the empire of the Bond film franchise. While Boyd only wrote one Bond book, his take, Solo, is memorable since it finds Bond grappling ...

William Boyd’s 18th novel gets underway with a formative event — or more precisely, a transformative tragedy. It is 1936 in Oxfordshire, and 6-year-old Gabriel Dax is getting ready to go to ...

William Boyd is not slowing down. “Here I am,” the 70-year-old novelist tells me over Zoom, “40 years on from my first novel, and I’m actually busier than ever. And I think my imagination ...

As Boyd publishes his latest book ... Ulysses by James Joyce. The novel to end all novels, I suppose. The story of one day in Dublin – all human life is there. The book that surprised me ...