Climbers: A Novel

Stunning . . . Harrison makes an intensely poetic and evocative brew of the interstices between sport, passion and obsession. Moments of exquisite surreality rub against others in which you can smell the soil and stone - The TimesHarrison draws the reader on by the clarity of his vision and writing . . . The way he handles the sport and the social background bears comparison with that of David Storey in THIS SPORTING LIFE. I know no higher praise - Independent[A] masterpiece . . . celebrated for its fine-grained depictions of the landscapes of Northern England through the seasons . . . Harrison is a psychological novelist whose fascination with trauma, repression and memory remains constant throughout his work. - London Review of BooksThe prose ripples with mystery and lustrous turns of phrase, and there are flashes of humour, too . . . The landscapes are part J.G. Ballard, part Iain Sinclair - The SpectatorDescriptions of the various climbs are painstaking and suspenseful, and Harrison has a sharp ear for dialogue. But most impressive is his acute sense of place - Daily TelegraphA vivid, restless, deeply cunning novel - Sunday TimesA poetic portrait of the strange and fascinating, very niche world of rock climbing - Helen Mort, author of Black Car BurningIt feels more than book - it's an adrenalized dream, a series of moods as changeable as the sky above. - Benjamin Myers