The Blue Afternoon

William Boyd

earliest edition we have, 1993 Vintage, 1997 paperback 384 pages

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In the 1930s, Kay Fischer is a modernist architect. When she is approached by a stranger claiming to be her father, she is uncertain how to react. But as he pursues her, she finds herself drawn to him and when he asks her to accompany him on a mysterious pilgrimage to Lisbon, she accepts.

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Editions we hold

The Blue Afternoon paperback · 1997 · Vintage · 384 pages · 9780679772606
Blue Afternoon edition · 1997 · Tandem Library · 9781417719433
Die blaue Stunde edition · 1995 · Rowohlt · 344 pages
The blue afternoon edition · 1995 · Knopf · 367 pages
The blue afternoon edition · 1994 · Penguin · 323 pages
The blue afternoon edition · 1993 · Penguin
The blue afternoon edition · 1993 · Sinclair-Stevenson · 323 pages

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