{"product_id":"fall-10","title":"Fall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEstranged brothers are reunited over plans to develop the tower block where they grew up, but the desolate estate becomes a stage for reliving the events of one life-changing summer, forty years earlier … the exquisitely written, moving new novel from West Camel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Unfolds like a spell’ \u003cb\u003eCarol Lovekin, author of \u003ci\u003eGhostbird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A deceptively complex and layered story; beautiful, traumatic and ultimately uplifting’ \u003cb\u003eLouise Beech, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is How We Are Human\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A mesmerising portrait of toxic family relationships: one that perfectly captures a turbulent era in a changing Britain. I was gripped'' \u003cb\u003eCaroline Wyatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwins Aaron and Clive have been estranged for forty years. Aaron still lives in the empty, crumbling tower block on the riverside in Deptford where they grew up. Clive is a successful property developer, determined to turn the tower into luxury flats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Aaron is blocking the plan and their petty squabble becomes something much greater when two ghosts from the past – twins Annette and Christine – appear in the tower. At once, the desolate estate becomes a stage on which the events of one scorching summer are relived – a summer that shattered their lives, and changed everything forever…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrim, evocative and exquisitely rendered, \u003ci\u003eFall\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of friendship and family – of perception, fear and prejudice, the events that punctuate our journeys into adulthood, and the indelible scars they leave – a triumph of a novel that will affect you long after the final page has been turned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations by David F. Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Shortlisted for the POLARI Prize**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eFall\u003c\/i\u003e’s characters will haunt me, its story will stay with me and I will return again and again’ \u003cb\u003eKatie Allen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Beautifully written, perfectly executed, a drama that captures your heart and mind’ \u003cb\u003eAnne Coates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Architecture and morality: the only subjects worth writing about, and West Camel does so exquisitely through the eyes of people profoundly affected by both'' \u003cb\u003eDavid F. Ross\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A book about families, racism and the differences that bind us or push us apart …all bound up in West Camel''s elegant prose’ \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Malone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Suspense and twists keep you turning the pages, while the unfolding of complex characters and relationships draws you in’ \u003cb\u003eValeria Vescina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Both charming and conflicting … the author’s enticing storytelling has totally, utterly hooked me’ \u003cb\u003eSarah Sansom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A page-turner and a literary delight, a book you devour’ \u003cb\u003eLiz Loves Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Immersive, beautiful, and haunting … I adored it’ \u003cb\u003eLive \u0026amp; Deadly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A novel of mystic style and sensibility. 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