“Boyd has constructed a narrative machine of hilarious, near-impossible intricacy for the purpose of demonstrating that identity is fragile and that instinct, for better or worse, is not. . . . He is a debonair, versatile, casually philosophical literary entertainer—clever and thoughtful.” — The New York Times Book Review
“Charles Dickens lurks in the shadows of William Boyd’s gripping new novel, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which . . . has a Dickensian cast of characters—predators and prey, tycoons and paupers, charlatans and stooges—orbiting one another in the mean streets of London.” — The Wall Street Journal
“Boyd is highly adept at doing what novelists do best: exploring the multifarious possibilities implicit in human life.” — The Los Angeles Times
“William Boyd delivers a multiplot thriller full of twists and turns in Ordinary Thunderstorms.” — Harper’s Bazaar
“A thrilling story.” — The Daily Beast
“Impressive. . . . Rich and engaging. . . . Boyd creates the rich spectrum of London with arresting cinematic detail. . . . Boyd gives a harrowing sense of how close and yet how distant the nether life of a large city is.” — Ron Charles, The Washington Post
