by M . John Harrison (Author)
Retreating from his failed marriage to Pauline, Mike leaves London for the Yorkshire moors, where he meets Normal and his entourage, busy pursuing their own dreams of escape. Travelling from crag to crag throughout the country, they are searching for the unattainable: the perfect climb. Through rock-climbing, Mike discovers an intensity of experience - a wash of pain, fear and excitement - that obliterates the rest of his world. Increasingly addicted to the adrenalin, folklore and camaraderie of the sport, he finds, for a time, a genuine escape. But it is gained at a price...This dark, witty and poetic novel is full of the rugged beauty of nature, of the human drive to test oneself against extremes, and of the elation such escape can bring.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 246
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 04 Nov 2004
ISBN 10: 0753819554
ISBN 13: 9780753819555
Book Overview: The only novel ever to win the Boardman Tasker Memorial Prize Climbing is a hot subject - Joe Simpson's books are bestsellers and this is one of the UK's fastest growing sports. British Mountaineering Club membership alone is over 200,000 'Sheer brilliance' Iain M. Banks 'A vivid, restless, deeply cunning novel' Sunday Times 'Harrison draws the reader on by the clarity of his vision and writing ...the way he handles the sport and the social background bears comparison with that of David Storey in THIS SPORTING LIFE. I know no higher praise' Independent
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