The Shock of the Fall

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAX PORTER WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014 ''Dark, touching, sweet and funny and beautifully written'' Jo Brand ''Deeply moving'' The Times ''Bittersweet and wonderfully etched'' Telegraph 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. Brave and groundbreaking, The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of a young man''s descent into mental illness.

About the author

Nathan Filer is a registered mental health nurse. He is also a performance poet, contributing regularly to literary events across the UK. His work has been broadcast on television and radio. The Shock of the Fall is his first novel.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Filer, Filer Nathan
• Publisher: The Borough Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.06.2024
• EAN: 9780008683573
• ISBN: 978-0-00-868357-3
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Somerset, FICTION / Literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Medical, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary