| "Boyd's deft combination of suspense and literature makes it the pick of the litter." Stephen King |
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. 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 that 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. His quest will take him all along the River Thames, from affluent Chelsea to the sink estates of the East End, and on the way he will encounter all manner of London's denizens - aristocrats, prostitutes, evangelists and policewomen amongst them - and version after new version of himself. William Boyd's electric follow-up to Costa Novel of the Year Restless is 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 everyday city.
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Hardback Editions
February 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 0-307-35820-8 / 978-0-307-35820-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Canada Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
January 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms: A Novel Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 0-06-187674-7 / 978-0-06-187674-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2009 : Hardback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 1-4088-0239-2 / 978-1-4088-0239-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
February 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms: A Novel (P.S.) Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 0-06-187675-5 / 978-0-06-187675-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Perennial Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 0-307-35821-6 / 978-0-307-35821-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Canada Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
June 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 1-4088-0285-6 / 978-1-4088-0285-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 1-4088-0606-1 / 978-1-4088-0606-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 1-4088-0247-3 / 978-1-4088-0247-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2009 : Paperback
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms [ Large Print ] Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 1-4074-4243-0 / 978-1-4074-4243-3 (UK edition) Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
January 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms (unabridged audio book) Author(s): William Boyd ISBN: 1-4074-4113-2 / 978-1-4074-4113-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Whole Story Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
January 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms: A Novel (P.S.) Author(s): William Boyd Publisher: HarperCollins e-books Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 2009 : Kindle edition
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