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Love Is Blind
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Love Is Blind by William Boyd.
Love Is Blind is William Boyd's sweeping, heart-stopping new novel. Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life.
When Brodie is offered a job in Paris, he seizes the chance to flee Edinburgh and his tyrannical clergyman father, and begin a wildly different new chapter in his life. In Paris, a fateful encounter with a famous pianist irrevocably changes his future - and sparks an obsessive love affair with a beautiful Russian soprano, Lika Blum. Moving from Paris to St Petersburg to Edinburgh and back again, Brodie's love for Lika and its dangerous consequences pursue him around Europe and beyond, during an era of overwhelming change as the 19th century becomes the 20th.
Love Is Blind is a tale of dizzying passion and brutal revenge; of artistic endeavour and the illusions it creates; of all the possibilities that life can offer, and how cruelly they can be snatched away. At once an intimate portrait of one man's life and an expansive exploration of the beginning of the 20th century, Love Is Blind is a masterly new novel from one of Britain's best loved storytellers.
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- Mark
- 27-09-18
Boyd on Top Form
Any William Boyd novel is a big event for me and I am delighted to say that 'Love is Blind' has been well worth the wait and fully lives up to expectations. The blend of character and plot is excellent with a sweeping narrative that convincingly depicts time and place. The research really pays off. For me, as a listener, the quality of the narrator can make or break a book and whereas, 'Sweet Caress' was (to my ear) unlistenable Roy McMillan has done an impeccable job with 'Love is Blind'. He has all the warmth, depth, empathy and authority required to bring this impressive novel to life. I did not want it to end.
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- Miles
- 05-09-19
Typical Boyd
Loved the characters and the plot. How does he make the adventures of a piano tuner compulsive reading? The narrator was excellent. I couldn’t fault it.
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- Jo R
- 21-11-20
Love William Boyd novels
Full of interest and insight into human nature, great stories with, broad scope and superb use of vocabulary. He is a brilliant writer.
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- Pam Jolliffe
- 09-03-20
Story in the title
Well written powerful story of the importance of moments in time. The intensity of emotion possible obsession and cruelty of circumstance in people’s lives.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-01-21
Brilliant
Very enjoyable - one of those that I listened to in a few long sessions.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-12-18
Another great yarn
This was a captivating life and love story. All the loose ends were nicely tied up at the end.
The narrator did a good job with all the many characters and accents.
Overall an excellent listen!
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- Anthea
- 15-01-19
Brilliant storytelling
This is a lovely story with some of the best narration I have heard yet on Audible. The accents and the character building is strengthened significantly by Roy Macmillan and I found myself wanting to check back in regularly to continue Brody's story.
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- Clifford Thurlow
- 27-12-18
Masterpiece
Wonderful. The characters are fresh and alive. They live with you. Brilliant storytelling. One of Boyd’s best. Finished in eight pleasant walks through Battersea Park.
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- JulieGibbons
- 13-12-18
Superb tale told exceedingly well
Another great unfolding of human life by William Boyd and Roy McMillan does a great job, especially with his Scottish accents. Ultimately a tale of life, love, loss - across a Europe straddling the 19th and 20th centuries. Unusual and interesting settings. Fragile and vulnerable characters. A great choice if you enjoy something aside from the usual and, for me, was engaging to the end.
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- Caramel
- 02-06-19
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As much as I loved everything about this book, it was spoilt by the fact that it was difficult to hear clearly at top volume!
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