{"product_id":"ordinary-thunderstorms-9780061876752","title":"Ordinary Thunderstorms","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a meal at a little Italian bistro. He strikes up a conversation with a solitary diner at the next table, who leaves soon afterward. With horrifying speed, this chance encounter leads to a series of malign accidents, through which Adam loses everything--home, family, friends, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, cell phone--never to get them back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Boyd's electrifying follow-up to the Costa Award-winning \u003cem\u003eRestless\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrdinary Thunderstorms\u003c\/em\u003e is a profound and gripping novel about the fragility of social identity, the corruption at the heart of big business, and the secrets that lie hidden in the seamy underbelly of every city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoyd, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWilliam Boyd is also the author of \u003cem\u003eA Good Man in Africa\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; \u003cem\u003eAn Ice-Cream War\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys War Prize and short-listed for the Booker Prize; \u003cem\u003eBrazzaville Beach\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; \u003cem\u003eRestless\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year; \u003cem\u003eOrdinary Thunderstorms\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Sunrise\u003c\/em\u003e, among other books. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491399897362,"sku":"9780061876752","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_510d378a-7254-4412-8011-a1ca4754bde2.jpg?v=1730540384","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ordinary-thunderstorms-9780061876752","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}