{"product_id":"waiting-for-sunrise-a-novel-isbn-9780061876769","title":"Waiting for Sunrise: A Novel","description":"From one of our most celebrated and imaginative writers comes a spellbinding novel about deception, betrayal, psychoanalysis, and the mysteries of the human heart. William Boyd follows his critically acclaimed novels \u003cem\u003eA Good Man in Africa\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOrdinary Thunderstorms \u003c\/em\u003ewith a razor-sharp, incandescent thriller in Waiting for Sunrise. A provocative exploration of the line between consciousness and reality is nested within a tense, rollercoaster plotline following as a young English actor ensnared in a bewildering scandal with an enigmatic woman in early twentieth-century Vienna. Sophisticated, page-turning, and unforgettable, Boyd’s \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph of literary fiction from one of the most powerful, thought-provoking writers working today.\u003cbr\u003e | \u003cp\u003eVienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor in town seeking psychotherapy for a troubling ailment of a sexual nature, becomes caught up in a feverish affair with a beautiful, enigmatic woman. When she goes to the police to press charges of rape, however, he is stunned, and his few months of passion come to an abrupt end. Only a carefully plotted escape—with the help of two mysterious British diplomats—saves him from trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the frenzied getaway sets off a chain of events that steadily dismantles Lysander's life as he knows it. He returns to a London on the cusp of war, hoping to win back his onetime fiancée and banish from memory his traumatic ordeals abroad, but Vienna haunts him at every turn. The men who helped coordinate his escape recruit him to carry out the brutal murder of a complete stranger. His lover from Vienna shows up nonchalantly at a party, ready to resume their liaison. Unable to live an ordinary existence, he is plunged into the dangerous theater of wartime intelligence—a world of sex, scandal, and spies, where lines of truth and deception blur with every waking day. Lysander must now discover the key to a secret code that is threatening Britain's safety, and use all his skills to keep this murky world of suspicion and betrayal from invading every corner of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from Vienna to London's West End, from the battlefields of France to hotel rooms in Geneva, \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/em\u003e is a mesmerizing journey into the human psyche, a beautifully observed portrait of wartime Europe, a plot-twisting thriller, and a literary tour de force.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“It’s ages since I read a novel that offers such breathlessly readable narrative enjoyment, such page-by-page storytelling confidence and solidity. Boyd has a positive genius for pace and description.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As ever with Boyd there is an effortlessness to the prose and a piercing acuity to the period detail and evocation of place, along with thrilling set pieces. . . .[This book] proves that rarest of beasts: a tantalizingly experimental work that is also an immensely satisfying page-turner.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e retains a consistent intrigue and a splendidly intricate plot. . . . The denouement plays out with characteristic suspense and masterful design. . . . [Boyd has] a truly remarkable imagination.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Always a smooth and expert storyteller, Boyd effortlessly combines historical detail with a sexy, galloping narrative that proves irresistible.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople (4 stars)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thoughtfully plotted story, whose twists and turns reveal the price its characters pay in trust. . . . Boyd is a nimble and entertaining writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e does the neat trick of evolving from a historical romance into a seat-of-the-pants spy thriller. . . . As he has proved in past novels, the ever-observant Boyd is especially adept at re-creating the late Victorian period as it plunges, kicking and screaming, into the modern age. . . . This is Boyd’s stage, on which he is a virtuoso.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe San Antonio Express-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e does the neat trick of evolving from a historical romance into a seat-of-the-pants spy thriller. . . . This is Boyd’s stage, on which he is a virtuoso.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe San Antonio Express-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The narrative in this novel is almost seamless. . . . This atmospheric novel is elegantly crafted by a London writer who serves up a rich portrayal of human psychology and a plot that is both engaging and imaginative.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tucson Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Superb. . . . To read a William Boyd novel is to open a bottle of wine, light a fire, sit back in your favourite armchair and trust that the master practitioner will take you on an intriguing and unpredictable journey. He’s done it again.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A page-turner. . . . A thinking person’s thriller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Boyd is a born story teller whose clear, taut prose never gets in the way of his characters and their unpredictable fates.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Boyd retrofits a genre full of familiar devices and character types with finer textures and deeper psychology than it typically boasts. . . . \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e manages to conjure an atmosphere of genuine disorientation that most spy novels gesture toward and few, if any, attain.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Miller, Salon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fans of previous Boyd novels will find themselves on gratifyingly familiar ground in \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Few contemporary writers are able to evoke the ambiance and drama of our recent past as forcefully as Boyd. . . . Boyd’s prose is often radiant, yet it is a brilliance that serves to illuminate his story. And Boyd’s characters are as beguiling as his prose.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fans of previous Boyd novels will find themselves on gratifyingly familiar ground in \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Few contemporary writers are able to evoke the ambiance and drama of our recent past as forcefully as Boyd. . . . Boyd’s prose is often radiant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Powerfully entertaining. . . . Boyd’s ability to evoke a sense of time and place is unmatched, as is his talent for snaring readers and drawing them effortlessly through a series of pleasurable surprises and plot twists. . . . Boyd has been perfecting the craft of globetrotting entertainment for the past three decades.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Richmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Powerfully entertaining. . . . Boyd’s ability to evoke a sense of time and place is unmatched. . . . He has been perfecting the craft of globetrotting entertainment for the past three decades.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Richmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is the sort of novel you finish, then begin again to revisit your favourite bits. . . . More than anything \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e is a gleeful celebration of storytelling -- sly, clever, frequently hilarious, always involving. . . . This is the literary event of the year.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A literary thriller that genuinely thrills, a plot-driven novel assembled by a master of plotting. The deftness with which Boyd knits together a complex cast of characters is immaculate. . . . It demonstrates yet again this writer’s unrivalled versatility and consistency.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An evocative mix of sex, spies, and psychoanalysis. . . . Fans of the author will love and recognize all the hallmarks of Boyd’s best books: a historical thriller, rife with espionage, set in the not-too-distant past, featuring an exotic and exquisitely drawn locale and a cameo from a famous historical figure, in this case Sigmund Freud.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCNN.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An evocative mix of sex, spies, and psychoanalysis. . . . Fans of the author will love and recognize all the hallmarks of Boyd’s best books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCNN.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tantalizing, fast-paced spy novel. . . . Outwardly entertaining and seemingly effortless in their fluency, Boyd’s novels conceal insights into human behavior that are more intricate than may first appear. . . . As seductive as it is, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e is no bodice-ripper. It’s a brainteaser, charged with uncertainty and danger, electric with restraint.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tantalizing, fast-paced spy novel. . . . As seductive as it is, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e is no bodice-ripper. It’s a brainteaser, charged with uncertainty and danger, electric with restraint.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thoroughly entertaining. . . . \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e has the pace of a spy thriller, with code-cracking and double-crossing aplenty.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sex, psychiatry and Vienna on the eve of World War I - those are promising ingredients for a novel. And William Boyd makes the most of them. . . . Boyd’s narrative moves briskly, and his local color is deftly done.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889179160805,"sku":"NP9780061876769","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061876769.jpg?v=1730230691","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/waiting-for-sunrise-a-novel-isbn-9780061876769","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}