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.’
‘Ambitious and exquisitely realised, it’s by turns shocking, harrowing and heartrending’
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 convincing portrayal of an articulate boy in the grip of a powerful illness, and an absorbing account of a grief undischarged’
‘Bittersweet and wonderfully etched’
‘Dark, touching, sweet and funny and beautifully written’
‘A deeply moving (but also funny) first novel’
‘Utterly convincing… Filer has created a character of real value’
‘A tragic and comic account of living with schizophrenia. A must for fans of Matthew Quick’s The Silver Linings Playbook’
‘Ambitious and exquisitely realised, it’s by turns shocking, harrowing and heartrending’
‘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’
‘A truly important book. Radically open-hearted and vitally open-minded. Read it, and share it, and talk about it.’