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William Boyd - Ordinary Thunderstorms (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis
One May evening in London, as a result of a chance encounter and a split-second decision, the young climatologist Adam Kindred loses everything - home, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, money - never to get them back
With the police and a hit man in merciless pursuit, Adam has no choice but to go underground, joining the ranks of the disappeared, struggling to understand how his life has unravelled so spectacularly. His journey of discovery will take him along the Thames from Chelsea to the sink estates of the East End.
On the way he encounters aristocrats, priests, prostitutes and a policewoman - but will he ever find himself again?
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Suspense & Thriller
- Published : 2009 (This Edition 2010 - Bloomsbury)
- ISBN : 9781408802854
- SKU : B003116
- PPC : SP350gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"A storm of a story . . . London has never looked so threatening' - Daily Mirror.
'Thriller lovers will discover a superior satisfaction in Ordinary Thunderstorms, in which a brush with a stranger leaves his hero homeless and hunted through the fringes of London' - The Guardian.
'I can't remember when I had a more exciting read than Ordinary Thunderstorms . . . It's about a nightmare that might happen to any of us' - Antonia Fraser, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year.
'A compelling fugitive chase through the dark side of modern-day London' - Evening Standard Books of the Year.
"Thrilling, hilarious, intricately plotted & terrifically readable" - TLS.
The Author
William Boyd CBE FRSL is a bestselling Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. He has received world-wide acclaim for his novels which have been translated into over thirty languages. He is married and divides his time between London and South West France.
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