An interview with William Boyd, author of the thrilling new novel, The Predicament. The book is Boyd’s second installment in ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the Scottish writer William Boyd about his latest book, "The Predicament" – a spy thriller set during the height of the Cold War. Let me tell you about Gabriel Dax. He's a ...

Over the course of his career, William Boyd has excelled at two types of novel. There are comic romps in which hapless protagonists—such as the British diplomat Morgan Leafy of “A Good Man in Africa” ...

A man puffing on a little pipe is likened to a member of the international Brigade. Two tall women, described as “breastless” ...

Let me tell you about Gabriel Dax. He's a Cold War-era travel writer who goes all over the world. That nicely positions him to also be a British secret agent. But he also gets envelopes of cash from ...