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Trio, with its wickedly accurate period detail and darkly wayward farce, is Boyd at his most entertaining." –
The Boston Globe "It would be hard to think of a living novelist whose books encompass more history, more settings, more professions, more varieties of individual fate, than William Boyd." –
The New York Times Book Review "A meticulously crafted tale. . . . Richly imagined, thick with physical and emotional detail, and deeply satisfying. . . . When we finally fade to black, the audience regrets only that the show wasn't longer." –
The Wall Street Journal "The most accomplished novel I have read in a long while. . . . Superbly wry and wise and funny and truthful." –Edward Docx,
The Guardian "An elating read." –
The Sunday Times (London)
"Boyd's prose is as fluent as ever, but it's the ideas pulsing beneath the surface of the story that distinguish
Trio. . . . Affecting as a subtle exploration of the relationship between individuals and history and as a depiction of characters who are searching for the things that make life worth living, whether they find them in film, literature or elsewhere." –
Financial Times "Great fun for readers keen to flee today's soul-crushing social and political turmoil for the seemingly more innocent–and in this case madcap–cultural ferment of the late 1960s." –
The Washington Post "Boyd is an exquisite stylist, and his tragicomic novel is a sublime escape." –
Publishers Weekly "One of our best contemporary storytellers. . . .
Trio embraces comedy, tragedy and redemption." –
The Spectator "Boyd winks at the idiosyncrasies and vulgarities specific to each character's métier, and at the precarious process of artistic creation–its joy, torment, stasis, and upheaval." –
The New Yorker "A lavishly plotted page-turner that oozes '60s cool." –
Metro "For all the twists, the real delight is in William Boyd's wry portrait of a bygone age, an evolving era in terms of drugs and sexual rights. . . . Boyd's usual sure touch is evident throughout this tender, gently comic work." –
The Independent "[A] well-tuned novel with plenty of perfectly-paced drama, wit, and intriguing plot twists that accompany its more serious themes about privacy, secrecy, and Camus's one fundamental philosophical question from which all questions follow." –
The Brooklyn Rail "Immensely readable, its descriptions full of light and colour, its humour spot on, its mood a perfect mix of frolicsome and melancholy." –
The Sunday Telegraph "Boyd . . . beautifully captures the chaos and exhilaration of a shambolic film set, in which unforeseen disasters and skullduggery create their own opportunities and problems." –
The Observer "Boyd has written comic novels, thrillers, thoughtful character studies and fiction that ponders the twentieth century's great turning points. Now, with
Trio, he combines all the above into a feast of storytelling crammed with delicious plots and subplots. . . . Like the old pro he is, Boyd handles it with total aplomb." –
Reader's Digest "Boyd's sublime gift for characterisation is given full flow in this pacy, utter treat of a novel." –
The Telegraph "By turns raucous, charming and eccentric." –
GQ (UK)
"Boyd evokes the porn, prescription drugs and private investigators of the age with grace, an ingenious structure and characters who surprise us almost as much as they surprise themselves." –
The Mail on Sunday "Boyd is a modern master, whether working on canvases large or small." –
Booklist (starred review)
