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          Protobiography is an autobiographical work by the Scottish writer William Boyd that recalls his early childhood.!

          William Boyd (writer)

          Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screen writer (born 1952)

          William Andrew Murray BoydCBE FRSL (born 7 March 1952) is a British[2][3]novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.

          In Protobiography, Boyd turns to his own biography for inspiration, exploring his childhood in West Africa and his schooling in Scotland.

        1. In Protobiography, Boyd turns to his own biography for inspiration, exploring his childhood in West Africa and his schooling in Scotland.
        2. Protobiography is an autobiographical work by the Scottish writer William Boyd that recalls his early childhood.
        3. Protobiography is an autobiographical work by the Scottish writer William Boyd that recalls his early childhood.
        4. Written in the form of a journal 'Any Human Heart' tells the story of Logan Mountstuart's life - of the people he meets; of the places he visits; of his writing.
        5. The writer William Boyd, author of eight novels, is publishing a “proto-biography” in May, to celebrate Penguin's 70th anniversary.

          6. Biography

          Boyd was born in Accra, Gold Coast (present-day Ghana),[4] to Scottish parents, both from Fife, and has two younger sisters. His father Alexander, a doctor specialising in tropical medicine, and Boyd's mother, who was a teacher, moved to the Gold Coast in 1950 to run the health clinic at the University College of the Gold Coast, Legon (now the University of Ghana).

          In the early 1960s, the family moved to western Nigeria, where Boyd's father held a similar position at the University of Ibadan.[5][6] Boyd spent his early life in Ghana and Nigeria[4] and, at the age of nine, went to a preparatory school and then to Gordonstoun school in Scotland,[6] and, after that, to the University o