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Armadillo (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by William Boyd (Author), Simon Shepherd (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 11 hours and 1 minute
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: AudioGO Ltd.
  • Audible Release Date: 1 Feb 2011
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004LSXM9I
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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One winter's morning, Lorimer Black - young, good-looking but with a somewhat troubled expression - goes to keep a perfectly routine business appointment and finds a hanged man. A bad start to the day by any standards and an ominous portent. Sure enough, Lorimer's life is turned upside down and inside out in ways he could never have foreseen...An unabridged reading by Simon Shepherd.

©1998 William Boyd; (P)2011 AudioGO Ltd
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In these times of ours - and we don't need to be precise about the exact date - but, anyway, very early in the year, a young man not much over thirty, tall - six feet plus an inch or two - with ink-dark hair and a serious-looking, fine-featured but pallid face, went to keep a business appointment and discovered a hanged man. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Armadillo 5 Jan 2011
Format:Paperback
Very enjoyable. Excellent characterization-one feels for Lorimer while recognizing his weaknesses.The large and colourful cast of characters is brought vividly to life.Plotting is ingenious and momentum maintained. Dialogue is idiomatic and witty. Avery good read.
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Format:Paperback
This is unlike any of William Boyd's other novels, or indeed any other novels that I have read. Almost the opposite of The New Confessions, it describes only a few weeks. It presents a man, with very little reference to his past, that you must learn about from his interaction with others and his, sometimes absurd, actions. I feel like I've met Lorimer Black and I really fancy Flavia. You become submersed in his world until you're unsure of you're own identity. Less of a thriller or a comedy than an intimate, naked portrayal of a small portion of a man's life.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Very enjoyable read 10 Sep 1999
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Format:Audio Cassette
I have just finished reading this book - having previoulsy read some of William Boyd's others.

I really enjoyed the 'modern British' style of writing and the plot was interesting, if somewhat frenetic.

All in all, a book to enjoy.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Buy the book - avoid the Kindle version
I am getting through this book... slowly. The most irritating aspect is the awful spelling and bad layout due entirely I believe to the 'Kindling' process. Read more
Published 5 months ago by missycat
Fine book - but a disgrace to Kindle
I make no comment about the book per se beyond the first two words of the title of this review: anyone reading it will infer correctly that I enjoyed this book greatly. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Nicky de Spinoza
William Boyd's "Armadillo"
Truely awful.

This book is the literary equivilant of bad Jazz. Incredibly self indulgent and so cloaked in over wordy description without hint of any story. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Vince W
Duff Boyd - maybe it's just dated badly
Very disappointed - don't understand the fawning reviews littering the jacket. Every supporting character felt fake, one-dimensional, a function of the need to construct a filmable... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2010 by Martin Blanc
A dark comedy of the metropolis
Armadillo is a shining achievement - one of Boyd's best books. It concerns Milomre Blocj (who has renamed himself Lorimer Black), of Eastern European gypsy extraction. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2009 by Eileen Shaw
Lightweight, but fun
I enjoyed this when I first read it, though it is not one of Boyd's more intelligent novels. Unfortunately it was destroyed by the lacklustre TV adaptation (I forget whether Boyd... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2008 by Sir Harold Woodbury
The master writes his millenial novel.
Armadillo by William Boyd

a pastiche of the mystery/thriller/crime works of confection we are bombarded with on the shelves of every bookstore. Read more

Published on 10 Aug 2001
Loss adjustment has never been so much fun
Cross Iain Banks with Ben Elton and you come up with this excellent little page-turner. Great characters, wonderful set-pieces and a crafty plot. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 1999 by N. Smith-Jones
Boyd gets better and better
I've enjoyed most of Billy boy's work before and this Armadillo is a pleasant animal to have on the bus with you. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 1999
Engaging and entertaining
After reading three so-called thrillers on a beach in Greece, I was looking for something different and found it in this book. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 1999
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