Giles Foden was born in 1967 in England and spent his youth in Africa. Between 1990 and 2006 he worked as an editor at The Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian. In 1998 he published The Last King of Scotland, which won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was later made into a feature film. The author of two other novels and also a work of narrative nonfiction, in 2007 he was appointed professor of creative writing at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich. He lives in Norfolk, England.
“Masterful. . . . Rivetingly beautiful. . . . There is undoubted
brilliance in Turbulence: wonderful writing, a flawless period
atmosphere . . . and finely drawn characters. . . . One of the most
utterly convincing historical novels I’ve read in some time.”
—Kevin O’Kelly, Boston Globe
“An artfully well-orchestrated novel about the strange poetry of
science.”
—The Sunday Times (London)
“Each flick of the page . . . suggests the tick of a countdown. The
book surges toward its end with enough surprises to grip Foden’s
readers—and remind them that a life’s highest points are never
quite as forecast.”
—The New York Times Books Review
“Turbulence is a novel about redemption and overcoming one’s own
horrific mistakes. . . . A novel of vivid telling and often
wondrous images . . . that stays with you, and sinks in deeper than
you’d imagine.”
—Dallas Morning News
“Characteristically ambitious. . . . Unique. . . . A sideways
glance into one of the 20th century’s major historical events.”
—Time Out New York
“Gripping. . . . Splendidly tense. . . . Foden’s conspicuously
thorough research, the lovely African flashbacks and the many
meteorological references all come together dynamically. . . .
Ryman is a moody, spellbinding figure, with mystical obsessions—not
unlike the central character in John Fowles’ The Magus.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Foden’s most compelling and affecting novel since his debut,
combining fascinating research with a high narrative tension. . . .
In everything except its titular concern, Turbulence is a smooth
and stable progression in an intriguing literary career.”
—The Guardian (London)
“Absorbing, elegant and thoughtful. . . . Turbulence shines.”
—Glen Weldon, Books We Like (NPR.org)
“Fascinating. . . . Foden offers some unforgettable scenes.”
—Richmond Times Dispatch
“Terrific. . . . A love story, a science send up, and an accurate
rendition of how the Normandy landings succeeded. . . . The
superior novelist who can warn us of an emotional tempest today and
a hurricane of anxiety next week—all by way of describing
turbulence in a more limited context—is one to heed.”
—The Buffalo News
“Foden is a subtle and careful observer.”
—Winston-Salem Journal
“Giles Foden handles his material with the cool brilliance one
would expect from the author of The Last King Of Scotland. . . .
The writing is so good that you don't doubt for a moment that what
has been described did happen.”
—The Observer (London)
“A page-turner that challenges the reader with ideas on every turn.
. . . A gripping literary novel. . . . [Foden] has written another
original and remarkable book.”
—Scotland on Sunday
“Foden is a formidable storyteller. . . . [In Turbulence,] it is
the meticulous fusion of science and military history that dazzles,
coming off like an exhilarating fusion of Richard Powers and John
le Carré.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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