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316 pages. $21. Most of us picture mathematicians and scientists as pioneers of truth. We have set them up as high priests in our secular culture. But what happens when they cheat? The pressure for ...

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William Boyd is not slowing down. “Here I am,” the 70-year-old novelist tells me over Zoom, “40 years on from my first novel, and I’m actually busier than ever. And I think my imagination is actually ...

For his fifth novel, William Boyd seems equally indebted to the virtuosic weirdness of science fiction master J.G. Ballard and the British comedy of Evelyn Waugh. The award-winning result, Brazzaville ...