Armadillo
$34.41
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 October 2009
Summary
A new look for William Boyd’s number one bestselling novel.
Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - does not understand why his world is being torn apart, though he does know that for the most part it is made up of bluster and hypocrisy. His business, trying to keep insurance companies from paying out the money they’ve promised, is a con game run with the protection of the law.
One winter’s morning, Lorimer goes to keep a perfectly routin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141044187 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141044187 |
| Author: | William Boyd |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 26 October 2009 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Penguin Street Art |
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Critics Review
‘As entertaining and as thought-provoking as anything Boyd has ever written’ Daily Telegraph ‘Marvellously paced and ingeniously plotted. A real page-turner’ - Andrew Motion, Observer ‘Armadillo doesn’t miss a trick. It has depth and resonance which will make you want to read it again… zinging readability’ - Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday ‘A joy to read: east to get into, addictively plotted and beautifully written’ - James Delingpole, Daily Mail ‘As entertaining as anything he has written… brisk farce and dialogue that can be finger-licking good’ - David Profumo, Spectator
About The Author
William Boyd
William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France. His most recent novel, Trio, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
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