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The Blasphemer

3.53 ( 150 Ratings by Goodreads)
The Blasphemer

The Blasphemer

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3.53 (150 Ratings by Goodreads)
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On its way to the Galapagos Islands, a light aircraft ditches into the sea. As the water floods through the cabin, zoologist Daniel Kennedy faces an impossible choice - should he save himself, or Nancy, the woman he loves? In a parallel narrative, it is 1917 and Daniel's great grandfather Andrew is preparing to go over the top at Passchendaele. He, too, will have his courage tested, and must live with the moral consequences of his actions. Back in London, the atheistic Daniel is wrestling with something his 'cold philosophy' cannot explain - something unearthly he thought he saw while swimming for help in the Pacific. But before he can make sense of it, the past must collapse into the present, and both he and Andrew must prove themselves capable of altruism, and deserving of forgiveness. "The Blasphemer" is a story about conditional love, cowardice and the possibility of redemption - and what happens to a man of science when forced to question his certainties. It is a novel of rare depth, empathy and ambition that sweeps from the trenches of the First World War to the terrorist-besieged streets of London today: a novel that will speak to the head as well as the heart of any reader.
Prizes

Shortlisted for Costa Novel Award 2010.

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Type Book
ISBN13 9780385617796
ISBN10 0385617798
Number Of Pages 425
Item Weight 761 g
Product Dimensions 158 x 42 x 236 mm
Publisher / Reseller Doubleday
Format hardback
Edition 1st
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Epic....a truly transcendental reading experience. --BookPage.com [An] elegant meditation on morality (among many other topics)....Farndale...knows how to tell a terrific story. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review International praise for Nigel Farndale's THE BLASPHEMER This is a fine novel; strange and unforgettable. --Kate Saunders, The Times [London] A great achievement...To take on the First World War as so very many have done and make it fresh is remarkable. --Melvyn Bragg Does suspense exceptionally well, and is a book that won't leave your fingernails intact...a terrifically exciting and thought-provoking must-read. --John Harding, Daily Mail 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. --Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph This perfectly constructed d

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Author's Bio

Nigel Farndale is the author of Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives on the Hampshire-Sussex border with his wife and their three children.

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