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by William Boyd · SEUIL · tapa blanda · 416 pages
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En el verano de 1913, el joven actor inglés Lysander Rief se encuentra en Viena para resolver un problema íntimo a través del psicoanálisis. En la consulta de su médico, conoce a una joven histérica de gran belleza que lo involucra en una historia increíble. A partir de entonces, Lysander se ve obligado a espiar en una Europa en guerra, con la misión de descubrir un código secreto que podría ser crucial para la seguridad de los Aliados, así como al traidor que lo creó. En este mundo de sombras, el sexo, el escándalo y las mentiras se entrelazan, sembrando dudas en el lector a cada paso.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
