From the Publisher
Boyd has constructed a narrative machine of hilarious, near-impossible intricacy for the purpose of demonstrating that identity is fragile and that instinct, for better or worse, is not. . . . He is a debonair, versatile, casually philosophical literary entertainer—clever and thoughtful.” — The New York Times Book Review
“Charles Dickens lurks in the shadows of William Boyd’s gripping new novel, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which . . . has a Dickensian cast of characters—predators and prey, tycoons and paupers, charlatans and stooges—orbiting one another in the mean streets of London.” — The Wall Street Journal
“Boyd is highly adept at doing what novelists do best: exploring the multifarious possibilities implicit in human life.” — The Los Angeles Times
“William Boyd delivers a multiplot thriller full of twists and turns in Ordinary Thunderstorms.” — Harper’s Bazaar
“A thrilling story.” — The Daily Beast
“Impressive. . . . Rich and engaging. . . . Boyd creates the rich spectrum of London with arresting cinematic detail. . . . Boyd gives a harrowing sense of how close and yet how distant the nether life of a large city is.” — Ron Charles, The Washington Post
The New York Times Book Review
Boyd has constructed a narrative machine of hilarious, near-impossible intricacy for the purpose of demonstrating that identity is fragile and that instinct, for better or worse, is not. . . . He is a debonair, versatile, casually philosophical literary entertainer—clever and thoughtful.
The Daily Beast
A thrilling story.
Harper’s Bazaar
William Boyd delivers a multiplot thriller full of twists and turns in Ordinary Thunderstorms.
Ron Charles
Impressive. . . . Rich and engaging. . . . Boyd creates the rich spectrum of London with arresting cinematic detail. . . . Boyd gives a harrowing sense of how close and yet how distant the nether life of a large city is.
The Wall Street Journal
Charles Dickens lurks in the shadows of William Boyd’s gripping new novel, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which . . . has a Dickensian cast of characters—predators and prey, tycoons and paupers, charlatans and stooges—orbiting one another in the mean streets of London.
The Los Angeles Times
Boyd is highly adept at doing what novelists do best: exploring the multifarious possibilities implicit in human life.
The Los Angeles Times
Boyd is highly adept at doing what novelists do best: exploring the multifarious possibilities implicit in human life.
Harper’s Bazaar
William Boyd delivers a multiplot thriller full of twists and turns in Ordinary Thunderstorms.
