The Insult

Author: Rupert Thomson

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  • : 19.99 AUD
  • : 9781408833186
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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  • : August 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 19.99
  • : October 2012
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  • : Rupert Thomson
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Description

It is a Thursday evening. After work Martin Blom drives to the supermarket to buy some groceries. As he walks back to his car a shot rings out...

When he wakes up he is blind. His neurosurgeon, Bruno Visser, tells him that his loss of sight is permanent and that he must experience shock, depression, self pity, even suicidal thoughts before his rehabilitation is complete. But it doesn't work out quite like that. And one spring evening, while Martin is practising in the clinic gardens with his new cane, something miraculous happens.

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'When someone writes as well as Thomson does, it makes you wonder why other people bother ... some of it is pure poetry' New Statesman

Reviews

The Insult is one of those rare, perfect, all-consuming books where your life takes on a new colour and texture for the days you are in its thrall Mail on Sunday An astonishing exploration into the blurred hinterland where fiction meets fantasy ... Both crisply precise and extravagantly daring ... The Insult is a remarkable achievement Sunday Telegraph A stunning premise, brilliantly unravelled ... It confirms Thomson in the front rank of English authors Observer The Insult met every requirement I felt I could possibly have of a novel ... Breathtakingly clever The Times