Trying to make sense of William Boyd's literary career as a whole is no easy task. His dual impulse to write literary fiction and lighter comic novels-comparable, perhaps, to Graham Greene's distinc...
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A Canada-set thriller written by an agoraphobic British novelist who had never visited the country was named winner Wednesday of the lucrative Costa Book of the Year Award.Stef Penney won the $49,0...
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An energy magnate's estranged wife was awarded $184 million Monday in what appears to be one of the biggest divorce verdicts in U.S. history.Citing irreconcilible differences, Maya Polsky, a 55-yea...
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Ishmael Beah, author of a best-selling memoir about his time as a boy soldier in Sierra Leone, disputes newspaper reports that he had exaggerated his war service, telling The Associated Press on We...
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On Jan. 31, 2005, the BBC made it official: On the evening news, the anchor gravely announced the publication of Ian McEwan's new novel, Saturday, and proclaimed the author "the international voice...
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The ranking of the world's richest people as estimated by Forbes magazine. Listings include rank, name, home country or state, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money...
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William Boyd
Canada-set thriller wins Costa prize
