This particular book has sat on my families bookshelf since I was about 11 years old and because of the wonderful cover illustration has always enticed me. I couldn't find the right cover but managed to find the illustration which I think just draws you in.
Anyway, I finally got around to reading the book recently and in quite a rare beginning for me and I imagine most people I started reading the book with no idea what it was about. All I knew was that both my sister and Dad were fans, it was quite a refreshing change to start a book with no knowledge at all of the story.
It tells the story of Hope and two significant events in her life that have led to her living on the beach of the books title. AS with other William Boyd novels I've read he sculpts a brilliant story that progresses at exactly the right pace and really conjours up the places and people he describes.
As I've said before, I'm a latecomer to William Boyds writing and I'm very pleased to have finally discovered him.
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