by William Boyd · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782021001037
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«Orages ordinaires» is the suspense novel by William Boyd, published by Seuil in paperback (475 pages, in French).
Adam Kindred, a climatologist specializing in clouds, loses his career and identity in a few hours when a chance encounter makes him a murder suspect. Hunted by the police and a hitman, he hides among London's homeless. To clear his name, he investigates a conspiracy targeting pharmaceutical companies.
The French edition, published in 2010, translates the original novel Ordinary Thunderstorms, which appeared in 2009. The translation from English is by Christiane Besse.
For readers of thrillers and crime fiction seeking an urban intrigue with social undertones in contemporary London.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
