Love is Blind

William Boyd. was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. His first novel, A Good Man in Africa. , won the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Somerset Maugham Prize. His other novels include An Ice Cream War. , Armadillo. , Any Human Heart. , Restless. and Sweet Caress. His latest book is the short-story collection The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth. He is married and divides his time between London and south west France.