# The Blue Afternoon

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- Book: [The Blue Afternoon](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-boyd/the-blue-afternoon) ([The Blue Afternoon.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-boyd/the-blue-afternoon.md))
- Authors: [William Boyd](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-boyd)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7977-260-6
- Pages: 384
- Published: 1997-01-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

" A perfect-pitch story of love and redemption" (The New York Times), Boyd's atmospheric new novel confirms his reputation as heir to the grand narrative traditions of Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham....