The Shock of the Fall
Author: Nathan Filer
WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013,’I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’ Debut novel about one man’s descent into mental illness, following the death of his brother in childho….Read More
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