{"product_id":"armadillo-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844402417938,"sku":"9780375702167","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2b6baf3-d6fb-4f71-9de8-7317da300f77.jpg?v=1737318985","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/armadillo-9780375702167","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}