Summary
Rob and Jamie are great friends from childhood. They have grown up together and become top climbers, but have since become estranged. Rob is nevertheless amazed and grief-stricken when he hears of Jamie’s death after a fall on a relatively easy Welsh rockface.
The past, though, hides the secret clues behind the tragedy. Layer by layer Simon Mawer peels back what happened, going not only into the friends’ childhoods but that of their parents - who were also intimate. And there is no es…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349116525 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349116520 |
| Author: | Simon Mawer |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 28mm |
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Wonderful and surprising. An absolute joy to read. Simon Mawer has entered the first rank of British novelists - Beryl Bainbridge
Simon Mawer’s work is rich with a desire to see through to the core of things - OBSERVERA haiku in ice … His narrative surges with an energy that thrusts the story forward to the very last page, from which a startling new light shines on all that has gone before - ECONOMISTSimon Mawer has created an exemplary model of a satisfying read - NEW YORK TIMESAbout The Author
Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He now lives with his wife and two children in Italy, and teaches at the English School in Rome.
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