About the book: year / William Boyd is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed contemporary British authors. The Whitbread and Rees awards, a Booker nomination, and the Los Angeles Times' highest award for literature are just a few of the awards this distinctive author has received. The novel “Armadillo” (Armadillo, 1998) is considered by critics to be one of the diamonds of English literature, and Boyd himself is called a living classic of modern literature.