Main content

William Boyd talks to Mariella Frostrup

William Boyd discusses his latest novel, Waiting for Sunrise, with Mariella Frostrup. With World War One looming, it embraces a sphere of sex, psychoanalysis, scandal and spies.

In a special programme, award winning author William Boyd discusses his latest novel Waiting for Sunrise. Set between 1913 and 1915, it embraces a world of sex, psychoanalysis, scandal and spies, following the story of a young actor Lysander Rief, from the analysts armchair in Vienna, to the mud and trenches of the First World War and the seedy underworld of traitors in the corridors of Whitehall.

28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Feb 201216:00
  • Thu 16 Feb 201215:30

Listen now to books on BBC Sounds

Listen now to books on BBC Sounds

Escape with books & stories