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Joe Simpson is the author of several bestselling books, of which the first,Touching the Void, won both the NCR award and the Boardman Tasker Award. His later books are This Game of Ghosts - the sequel to Touching the Void - Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, The Beckoning Silence and one previous novel, The Water People.

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Grippingly told...there is no question Simpson is a brilliant adventure writer. There are passages that had my heart racing * Observer *
Eloquent, spine-chilling stuff * SUNDAY TIMES *
No one conjures the thrill of altitude better than Simpson...A hugely enjoyable book...As far as mountaineering literature goes this is about as good as it gets * Sara Wheeler, Spectator *
An engrossing read. Nobody evokes the physical and psychological realities of climbing better...a powerfully written book...as vivid as anything Simpson has yet produced * Sunday Telegraph *
Heart-stopping stuff...This is not a book for the fainthearted and perhaps should come with a government health warning...a book that will have your fingers clutching imaginary rocks and palms sweating over every page * Scotsman *

The Beckoning Silence

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    A Paperback / softback by Joe Simpson

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 2 January 2003
      ISBN-13 9780099422433
      978-0099422433
      ISBN-10 0099422433
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      Autobiography: sport Sport Climbing and mountaineering

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Joe Simpson is the author of several bestselling books, of which the first,Touching the Void, won both the NCR award and the Boardman Tasker Award. His later books are This Game of Ghosts - the sequel to Touching the Void - Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, The Beckoning Silence and one previous novel, The Water People.

      Trade Review
      Grippingly told...there is no question Simpson is a brilliant adventure writer. There are passages that had my heart racing * Observer *
      Eloquent, spine-chilling stuff * SUNDAY TIMES *
      No one conjures the thrill of altitude better than Simpson...A hugely enjoyable book...As far as mountaineering literature goes this is about as good as it gets * Sara Wheeler, Spectator *
      An engrossing read. Nobody evokes the physical and psychological realities of climbing better...a powerfully written book...as vivid as anything Simpson has yet produced * Sunday Telegraph *
      Heart-stopping stuff...This is not a book for the fainthearted and perhaps should come with a government health warning...a book that will have your fingers clutching imaginary rocks and palms sweating over every page * Scotsman *

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