The Shock of the Fall
‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce you to 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.’
‘Astonishingly sure-footed’
Winner Of
The Costa Book Of The Year
The National Book Award For Popular Fiction
The Betty Trask Prize
The Writers’ Guild Award for Best First Novel
Short Film
‘Ambitious and exquisitely realised, it’s by turns shocking, harrowing and heartrending’
‘Utterly convincing… Filer has created a character of real value’
‘Nathan Filer is following in the footsteps of Mark Haddon’s genre-setting The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Both funny and painful… you’re going to love it’
‘Astonishingly sure-footed’
‘Bittersweet and wonderfully etched’
‘A tragic and comic account of living with schizophrenia. A must for fans of Matthew Quick’s The Silver Linings Playbook’
‘Dark, touching, sweet and funny and beautifully written’
‘Filer has an incisive eye for detail… authentic, funny and hauntingly sad’
‘At once conversational, confiding and challenging… helps us open our minds to new ways of thinking about mental health, about each other, and about our own selves’