Born OTD in 1952, Scottish novelist, short story writer & screenwriter, William Boyd. ‘Any Human Heart’ is written as a lifelong series of journals kept by Mountstuart, a writer whose life (1906–1991) spanned the defining episodes of the 20th century, crossed several continents and included a convoluted sequence of relationships and literary endeavours.

Boyd plays ironically on the theme of literary celebrity, introducing his protagonist to several real writers who are included … More