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Retreating from his failed marriage to Pauline, Mike leaves London for the Yorkshire moors, where he meets Normal and his entourage, busy pursuing their own dreams of escape. Travelling from crag to crag throughout the country, they are searching for the unattainable: the perfect climb.... read more
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First Sentence edit
I went by bus on a wet day in January to the indoor practice wall of a private sports centre near Leeds.
Table of Contents edit
PART ONE: WINTER
1. Mirrors
2. February: Mental Weather
3. Dreams
4. Sankey's View
5. March, in the End
PART TWO: SPRING
6. Masters of the Modern Dance
7. Gaz & Sankey
8. Getting Out
9. Wives
PART THREE: SUMMER
10. Escapees
11. The Numbers
12. Sankey and his Sister
13. Keeping Hold
14. Victims of Love
PART FOUR: FALL
15. A Haunted House
16. Soloing
17. Death on a Teacake
18. December
19. Each Small Suicide
20. Rock Gardens
Authors & Contributors edit
- M. John Harrison (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Michael Booth (Cover Artist)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London
Country: England
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 057503632X
Page Count: 224
Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London
Country: England
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 057503632X
Page Count: 224
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- Dewey: 813
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