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Ordinary Thunderstorms
Ordinary Thunderstorms | William Boyd
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What is the devastating effect on your life when, through no fault of your own, you lose everything - home, family, friends, job, reputation, passport, money, credit cards, mobile phone - and you can never get them back? This is what happens to a young man called Adam Kindred, one May evening in Chelsea, London, when a freakish series of malign accidents and a split-second decision turns his life upside down for ever. 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 the 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 the lowest level of London's population 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 encounters all manner of London's denizens - aristocrats, prostitutes, priests 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 scandal of big business, and the secrets that lie hidden in the filthy underbelly of every city.
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Amiable
Ordinary Thunderstorms | William Boyd
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When the world outside is in chaos, it‘s necessary to retreat for a while and escape into another reality.

MallenNC I read this one years ago! It was advertised on posters on the tube during a vacation in London so I felt compelled to read it. I don‘t remember much about it so maybe I should reread it. 5mo
Amiable @MallenNC Frankly, it‘s okay. I likely won‘t remember it 6 months from now. I‘m just trying to get through some of the books that have been sitting on my shelves for too long. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5mo
MallenNC @Amiable That‘s a constant struggle for me. I have so many books that keep getting pushed aside for shiny new ones 5mo
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Amiable @MallenNC Yes! The Libby app from the library is both a blessing and a curse. 😖😀 5mo
dabbe You. Are. Adorable. LOVE the hat! 🩵💙🩵 5mo
Amiable @dabbe 😘 Gracias, amiga! I got it on the Olympic Peninsula last year. 🙂 5mo
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Freespirit
Ordinary Thunderstorms | William Boyd
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This I enjoyed... 3.5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ a thriller , big pharmaceutical, corruption, and even romance. It just missed something special that previous William Boyd books I‘ve read have had. Still worth a read😊

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