Hello, friends. First Impressions is, of course, Jane Austen's title for her first version of Pride and Prejudice. And in the same way that Elizabeth and Darcy come to realize that they were utterly mistaken in their first impressions, I'm also hoping that I'm wrong about the new book I've dipped into. I've written before about my love for the novels of William Boyd. Boyd is that rarity, a … [Read more...]