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A brilliant, vivid, gripping, heart-stopping account of their terrifying adventure... Superbly written Sunday Express One of the absolute classics of mountaineering...a document of psychological, even philosophical witness of the rarest compulsion' -- George Steiner Sunday Times On every level it is an outstanding literary achievement Independent A quite extraordinary and moving book...Touching the Void touches the Great Questions in an understated yet utterly compelling way Guardian A truly astonishing account of suffering and fortitude...the narrative acquires an irresistible force, carrying all before it Sunday Times

A truly astounding account of suffering and fortitude. -- The Times (London) Simpson touches a nerve of the mountaineering community and the hearts of others. -- Los Angeles Times Told with lyrical quality and stunning immediacy, Touching the Void transcends its genre and becomes accessible to readers who have never had any desire to climb a glacier. -- New York Newsday A gripping narrative that should excite armchair adventurers everywhere. -- Cleveland Plain-Dealer

A brilliant, vivid, gripping, heart-stopping account of their terrifying adventure... Superbly written * Sunday Express * One of the absolute classics of mountaineering...a document of psychological, even philosophical witness of the rarest compulsion' -- George Steiner * Sunday Times * On every level it is an outstanding literary achievement * Independent * A quite extraordinary and moving book...Touching the Void touches the Great Questions in an understated yet utterly compelling way * Guardian * A truly astonishing account of suffering and fortitude...the narrative acquires an irresistible force, carrying all before it * Sunday Times *

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Joe Simpson is the author of several best-selling 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 two novels, The Water People and The Sound of Gravity.

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