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.’
‘Dark, touching, sweet and funny and beautifully written’
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
‘A deeply moving (but also funny) first novel’
‘Utterly convincing… Filer has created a character of real value’
‘A terrific debut: engaging, funny and inventive’
‘Bittersweet and wonderfully etched’
‘Filer has an incisive eye for detail… authentic, funny and hauntingly sad’
‘A gripping, exhilarating read… dazzlingly rendered’
‘Dark, touching, sweet and funny and beautifully written’
‘A tragic and comic account of living with schizophrenia. A must for fans of Matthew Quick’s The Silver Linings Playbook’
‘Erudite, well-researched and full of compassion, shedding an important light on the human cost of serious mental illness.’