{"product_id":"armadillo-isbn-9780375702167","title":"Armadillo","description":"From the award-winning author of \u003cb\u003eA Good Man Africa\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/b\u003e comes \u003cb\u003eArmadillo\u003c\/b\u003e, a brilliant satirical noir set in contemporary London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo 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.  \u003cbr\u003e        As Lorimer becomes increasingly entangled in an apparent conspiracy that involves everyone he knows, his own past comes to light. A brilliant satirical noir, \u003cb\u003eArmadillo\u003c\/b\u003e confirms Boyd's place as England's most versatile, sublime novelist.\"[T]his novel is everything good fiction should be.\"  --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Combines a touch of Dickensian realistic comedy with a Kafkaesque sense of modern urban terror. . . . [William Boyd] has a rare talent.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Boyd has a frisky style . . . that will keep you chortling . . . all the way to the end.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The storytelling talents that marked Mr. Boyd's earlier books are fully in evidence in this entertaining novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Boyd’s first novel, \u003cb\u003eA Good Man in Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewon a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, \u003cb\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; \u003cb\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and \u003cb\u003eThe Blue Afternoon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303321063653,"sku":"NP9780375702167","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375702167.jpg?v=1767721775","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/armadillo-isbn-9780375702167","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}