Brazzaville Beach

First edition. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 314, [8 (blank)]. Dark blue cloth, titled in pale blue to spine; patterned endpapers. London Limited Editions brought out concurrently, and in conjunction with the publisher, a specially bound issue, limited to 150 copies.

Signed by Author to title-page. A hint of foxing to verso of dustjacket, else Fine.

Author's fifth novel. The story of a British primate-researcher who relocates to war-torn West Africa in the wake of her husband's tragic descent into mental illness. Winner of the 1990 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Awarded McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year in 1991. Longlisted for the Booker Prize. "Utterly engaging... A novel of ideas, of big themes... William Boyd is a champion storyteller." –The New York Times Book Review