The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer

'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.'

There are books you can’t stop reading, which keep you up all night.

There are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real. There are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for days. The Shock of the Fall is all of these books. 

Brave and groundbreaking, The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of a young man's descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction.

REVIEWS

'Dark, touching, sweet and funny and beautifully written' Jo Brand

'Deeply moving' The Times

'Bittersweet and wonderfully etched' Telegraph

Paperback

Language: English
Extent: 320
Publish Date: 6 June 2024
ISBN: 9780008683573

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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: The Borough Press