Armadillo A Novel

From the award-winning author ofA Good Man AfricaandAn Ice-Cream WarcomesArmadillo, a brilliant satirical noir set in contemporary London. To 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. As Lorimer becomes increasingly entangled in an apparent conspiracy that involves everyone he knows, his own past comes to light. A brilliant satirical noir,Armadilloconfirms Boyd's place as England's most versatile, sublime novelist.

William Boyd’s first novel, <b>A Good Man in Africa</b><i>, </i>won a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, <b>An Ice-Cream War</b><i>, </i>was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; <b>Brazzaville Beach</b><i> </i>won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and <b>The Blue Afternoon</b><i> </i>won the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.