Brazzaville Beach is a novel by William Boyd, awarded with the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1990 and for which the author was awarded the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year.

Content: On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, ecologist Hope Clearwater examines the complex circumstances that brought her there. Sifting the details for evidence of her own innocence or guilt, she tells her engrossing story with a blunt and beguiling honesty that not only intrigues and disturbs but is also completely enthralling. [Blurb from the Penguin paperback edition]