by William Boyd · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780061876752
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«Ordinary Thunderstorms» is the suspense novel by William Boyd, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (432 pages, in English).
Adam Kindred, a young climatologist, loses everything after a chance encounter in a London bistro: home, job, family, and even his identity. The novel follows his descent into the margins of the city and portrays the fragility of social identity, corporate corruption, and what lies hidden in the sordid face of urban life.
It is a novel by William Boyd for readers of literary thrillers and suspense, with a plot set in London and social critique.
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.”
