The Blue Afternoon, Volume 1: A Novel (Vintage International) - Softcover

In war-torn 1902 Manila, a brilliant young surgeon stands alone against corruption, until a grand and illicit passion leads him into a sinister world of danger, intrigue, and murder, in a story told in flashbacks. Reprint.

ect-pitch story of love and redemption" (The New York Times), Boyd's atmospheric new novel confirms his reputation as heir to the grand narrative traditions of Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham. In 1936 Los angeles, as her long-estranged father tells architect Kay Fischer the story behind her secret parentage, he plunges readers into a tale of grisly murders and an illicit passion that still obsseses him 30 years later. 384 pp. Author tour.