num_pages: 367
description: 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 obsesses him 30 years later. "A perfect-pitch story of love and redemption" (The New York Times),
language: English
title: The Blue Afternoon
titlecomplete: The Blue Afternoon
genres: Historical, Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Modern, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 3041
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Sunday Express Book of the Year
publisher: Vintage