The Fall (Windsor Selection) - Hardcover

Simon Mawer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754019985 ISBN 13: 9780754019985

Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 2003

Synopsis

Against a shifting backdrop of spiky Alpine peaks and the bombed-out London of World War II, a tangled web of relationships and secrets unfolds as a man and two women play out a drama that will cast a shadow across the lives of a future generation. Years later, two young men who have been friends since childhood are snared in a similarly complex, ever-shifting series of love triangles. Simon Mawer's dazzling new tale of passion, fate, and betrayal is written with a narrative power and freshness that propel readers to the novel's startling and wholly satisfying conclusion.

About this title

About the Author:

Simon Mawer was educated at Oxford University and now lives in Rome. His widely praised and award-winning novels include, most recently, The Gospel of Judas and Mendel's Dwarf.

From AudioFile:

There are at least four major falls in this story--some from innocence, some from the rock faces of mountains. They all do their damage. Rob Dewar and Jamie Mathewson are passionate about climbing, perhaps because the late father of one of them was a famous mountaineer. Their mothers and the late climber knew each other well in youth--how well, and how much the past has to do with the present, unfolds as if this story were a piece of origami, apparently a simple story of friendship, but actually a layered structure of bends and folds, concealing many truths. Robert Glenister's performance is as nuanced and masterful as the plot, making for a thoroughly absorbing experience. B.G. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0754019985
• ISBN 13: 9780754019985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480