description: From the award-winning author of A Good Man Africa and An Ice-Cream War comes Armadillo , 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 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, Armadillo confirms Boyd's place as England's most versatile, sublime novelist.
language: English
title: Armadillo
titlecomplete: Armadillo
genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, British Literature, Psychology, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Crime
ratings_count: 2975
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Books on Tape