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Ordinary Thunderstorms
by Boyd, William
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0307358208
- ISBN 13
- 9780307358202
- Seller
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About This Item
Random House Canada, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/New. 24-18-4. Like New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. A Thrilling, Plot-Twisting Novel From The Author Of Restless, A National Bestseller And Winner Of The Costa Novel Of The Year Award. It Is May In Chelsea, London. The Glittering River Is Unusually High On An Otherwise Ordinary Afternoon. Adam Kindred, A Young Climatologist In Town For A Job Interview, Ambles Along The Embankment, Admiring The View. He Is Pleasantly Surprised To Come Across A Little Italian Bistro Down A Leafy Side Street. During His Meal He Strikes Up A Conversation With A Solitary Diner At The Next Table, Who Leaves Soon Afterwards. With Horrifying Speed, This Chance Encounter Leads To A Series Of Malign Accidents Through Which Adam Will Lose Everything - Home, Family, Friends, Job, Reputation, Passport, Credit Cards, Mobile Phone - Never To Get Them Back. A Heart-In-Mouth Conspiracy Novel About The Fragility Of Social Identity, The Corruption At The Heart Of Big Business And The Secrets That Lie Hidden In The Filthy Underbelly Of The Everyday City.
Synopsis
One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a meal at a little Italian bistro. He strikes up a conversation with a solitary diner at the next table, who leaves soon afterward. With horrifying speed, this chance encounter leads to a series of malign accidents, through which Adam loses everything—home, family, friends, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, cell phone—never to get them back.The police are searching for him. There is a reward for his capture. A hired killer is stalking him. He is alone and anonymous in a huge, pitiless modern city. Adam has nowhere to go but down—underground. He decides to join that vast army of the disappeared and the missing who throng London's lowest levels as he tries to figure out what to do with his life and struggles to understand the forces that have made it unravel so spectacularly. Adam's quest will take him all along the river Thames, from affluent Chelsea to the gritty East End, and on the way he will encounter all manner of London's denizens—aristocrats, prostitutes, evangelists, and policewomen—and version after new version of himself.Ordinary Thunderstorms, William Boyd's electric follow-up to his award-winning Restless, is a profound and gripping novel about the fragility of social identity, the corruption at the heart of big business, and the secrets that lie hidden in the filthy underbelly of every city.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001801
- Title
- Ordinary Thunderstorms
- Author
- Boyd, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307358208
- ISBN 13
- 9780307358202
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 416
- Size
- 24-18-4
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fiction Books, Good Reads, Suspense, Teen Lit, Realistic Fiction, Adventure, Novel, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Suspense, General, Espionage, Psychological
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- X weight
- 850 g
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