by William Boyd · Punto De Lectura · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466304191
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«Armadillo» is the mystery novel by William Boyd, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (485 pages, in Spanish).
Lorimer Black, a risk consultant, goes to an appointment and finds a man hanged. That discovery unsettles his orderly existence and drags him through a London of frauds, assumed identities and deceit. A satire on the absurdity of the big city and the fragility of certainties.
The novel was originally published in 1998; this Spanish edition appeared in 2001 in the Punto de Lectura collection.
Recommended for readers of mystery novels with a satirical tone and London setting.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
