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William Boyd on writing Ordinary Thunderstorms Part I

24 Aug 2009

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William Boyd explains how London, the Thames and Dickens inspired him to write his novel Ordinary Thunderstorms. He discusses his obsession with personal identity and how this guided the structure of the composites in the book.

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William Boyd

Novelist and screenwriter

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