Awards

• Short-listed for Costa Novel Award 2010
• Shortlisted for Costa Novel Award 2010.

Overview

Shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Novel Award, an astonishing, ambitious and masterful new novel, with echoes of Birdsong, that reads at the pace of a thriller. SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD & A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK He had always been scared of flying. Now, the fear is real. A plane crash. The water is rising over his mouth. In his nostrils. Lungs. As Daniel gasps, he swallows; and punches at his seat-belt. Nancy, the woman he loves, is trapped in her seat. He clambers over her, pushing her face into the headrest. It is a reflex, visceral action made without rational thought... But Daniel Kennedy did it. And already we have judged him from the comfort of our own lives. Almost a hundred years earlier, Daniel's great-grandfather goes over the top at Passchendaele.A shell explodes, and he wakes up alone and lost in the hell of no-man's-land. Where are the others? Has he been left behind? And if he doesn't find his unit, is he a deserter? Love; cowardice; trust; forgiveness.How will any of us behave when we are pushed to extremes? 'A great achievement...To take on the First World War as so very many have done and make it fresh is remarkable.' MELVYN BRAGG 'A book that won't leave your fingernails intact...a terrifically exciting and thought-provoking must-read' DAILY MAIL

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&ldquo;Epic&hellip;.a truly transcendental reading experience.&rdquo;<br> &mdash;BookPage.com <br> [An] elegant meditation on morality (among many other topics)....Farndale...knows how to tell a terrific story. <br>&mdash; Publishers Weekly, starred review <br>International praise for Nigel Farndale&rsquo;s THE BLASPHEMER <br>&ldquo;This is a&#160;fine novel; strange and unforgettable.&rdquo;<br>&mdash;Kate Saunders, The Times [London] <br>&ldquo;A great achievement&hellip;To take on the First World War as so very many have done and make it fresh is remarkable.&rdquo; <br>&mdash;Melvyn Bragg<br>&#160;<br>&ldquo;Does suspense exceptionally well, and is a book that won&rsquo;t leave your fingernails intact...a terrifically exciting and thought-provoking must-read.&rdquo; <br>&mdash;John Harding, Daily Mail<br> &#160;<br>&ldquo;Beautiful...Farndale's elegant prose, his storytelling ability and the wise tolerance with which he views...his characters lend his exhilarating novel a tende

Epic....a truly transcendental reading experience. <br> --BookPage.com <br> [An] elegant meditation on morality (among many other topics)....Farndale...knows how to tell a terrific story. <br>-- Publishers Weekly, starred review <br>International praise for Nigel Farndale's THE BLASPHEMER <br> This is a fine novel; strange and unforgettable. <br>--Kate Saunders, The Times [London] <br> A great achievement...To take on the First World War as so very many have done and make it fresh is remarkable. <br>--Melvyn Bragg <br> Does suspense exceptionally well, and is a book that won't leave your fingernails intact...a terrifically exciting and thought-provoking must-read. <br>--John Harding, Daily Mail<br> <br> Beautiful...Farndale's elegant prose, his storytelling ability and the wise tolerance with which he views...his characters lend his exhilarating novel a tenderly redemptive afterimage. <br>--Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph <br> This perfectly constructed d

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Nigel Farndale was born and raised in the Yorkshire Dales where he farmed with his father and grandfather, a veteran of the Trenches. He is the author of Haw-Haw- The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce, a biography shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He now lives on the Hampshire-Sussex border with his wife and their three children.

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