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Ordinary Thunderstorms

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

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?

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR William
Boyd

William Boyd is the author of fourteen novels including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard and Judy selection; the Sunday Times bestseller, Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently, Sweet Caress. William Boyd lives in London and France.

William Boyd is the author of fourteen novels including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard and Judy selection; the Sunday Times bestseller, Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently, Sweet Caress. William Boyd lives in London and France.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Probably the best literary thriller since John Buchan. Great entertainment, one you can’t put down!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Scotland
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing

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