Turbulence

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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 * Sunday Times * 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 * 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 MAGNUS * 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 * Guardian * Absorbing, elegant and thoughtful. . . . TURBULENCE shines -- Glen Weldon * NPR, Books We Like * 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 * Observer * 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 Carre * Publishers Weekly *