Any Human Heart : A BBC Two Between the Covers pick

DISCOVER THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED NOVEL ABOUT ONE HEART’S LOVES AND LOSSES FROM ICONIC STORYTELLER WILLIAM BOYD’Superb, wonderful, enjoyable’ Guardian’Full of delights’ The Times_____________________________Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and Logan Mountstuart’s – stretching across the twentieth century – is a rich tapestry of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war, and as an art-dealer in ’60s New York, Logan mixes with the men and women who shape his times. But as a son, friend, lover and husband, he makes the same mistakes we all do in our search for happiness.

Here, then, is the story of a life lived to the full – and a journey deep into a very human heart. ‘One of the things this book does so brilliantly, is it so authentically recreates historical characters’ Ben Miller, on BBC 2’s Between The Covers____________________________’Astonishing, touching, extremely funny. A brilliant evocation of a past era and an immensely readable story’ Sunday Telegraph’Superb, wonderful, enjoyable’ Guardian’Generous, witty, sneakily profound’ Evening StandardAny Human Heart was adapted for a Channel 4 drama starring Kim Cattrall, Gillian Anderson, Matthew Macfadyen and Jim Broadbent and is perfect for readers of Sebastian Faulks and Hilary Mantel.