num_pages: 324
description: Boyd, the author of A Good Man in Africa and Brazzaville Beach, here gives us something entirely new, part suspense, part romance, all grand storytelling. A young woman, waylaid by an old man who claims to be her father, hears his story of corruption and intrigue as the two of them embark on a remarkable journey.
language: English
title: The Blue Afternoon
titlecomplete: The Blue Afternoon
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Modern, Literature, Romance, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3044
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Sunday Express Book of the Year
publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson