About “Brazzaville Beach”

Brazzaville Beach is a novel by William Boyd that follows the story of Hope Clearwater, a woman researching chimpanzees in Africa, and explores the circumstances that led her there. The book is Boyd's first to feature a female protagonist and to incorporate a first-person female perspective, with the author focusing on developing Hope's character rather than on gendered responses to events. It includes references to historical figures such as Churchill, Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph P. Kennedy, and the Duke of Windsor.

Book details

Published
2013
Latest edition
2013 · ISBN 9780141906775
ISBN
9780141906775
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How many pages is Brazzaville Beach?

Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd has 360 pages.

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