Armadillo by Boyd, William

Armadillo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375702167)

Vendor: William Boyd
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Format: Paperback
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Armadillo by Boyd, William

Armadillo

$16.95
Armadillo by Boyd, William

Armadillo

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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From the award-winning author of A Good Man Africa and An Ice-Cream War comes Armadillo, a brilliant satirical noir set in contemporary London.

To his colleagues, Lorimer Black, the handsome, mild-mannered insurance adjuster rising through the ranks of his London firm, is known as the guy who has it all: the sleek suits, the enviable status. But when Lorimer arrives at a routine business appointment and finds his client hanging from a water pipe, his life spirals out of control. His company car is blowtorched after he investigates a fire at a luxury hotel. He becomes the fall guy of a new colleague who puts the company in the red and the victim of a vicious attack by the possessive husband of a mysterious actress.
As Lorimer becomes increasingly entangled in an apparent conspiracy that involves everyone he knows, his own past comes to light. A brilliant satirical noir, Armadillo confirms Boyd's place as England's most versatile, sublime novelist.

Author: William Boyd
ISBN-10: 0375702164
ISBN-13: 9780375702167
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2000
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.17w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/09/2000 pg. 36
By William Boyd
By William Boyd
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William Boyd's first novel, A Good Man in Africa, won a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, An Ice-Cream War, was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and The Blue Afternoon won the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.

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