William Boyd: ‘Ulysses is the novel to end all novels’ - WRITERS ON READING: The ‘Gabriel’s Moon’ author on which of his 18 novels means the most to him, and the book he once loved ...

A Novel Traces the Many Lives of a 19th-Century Romantic William Boyd’s new book follows one man from childhood to death, and the globe-spanning adventures in between.

The first book I ever loved obsessively... Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. But the love affair is over, now. The book I’d save from a burning building... Ulysses by James Joyce. The novel to end all ...

William Boyd. Atlantic Monthly, $28 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6487-2 Boyd’s latest (after The Romantic) is an electric espionage thriller that calls to mind the best of John le Carré and Len Deighton.