The Night Climbers

Ivo Stourton

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English

Black Swan
01 November 2008

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Reminiscent of Donna Tartt, a circle of friends at Cambridge form a private club that scales the university colleges by night, until one day they take their daredevil activities one step too far . . .

James, a first-year student at Cambridge, is overwhelmed by the thrill of opportunity and startled by his own hunger for friendship. He finds himself seduced by a covert and exclusive circle of friends - the 'Tudor Night Climbers' - who scale the university's turrets after dark, transforming it into a dangerous playground of spiralling heights.

When still only a novice member of his tribe, James begins to fall for the only female in the group, the enigmatic and beautiful Jessica, and is soon at the heart of a fatal love triangle with the reckless and charismatic leader of the group, Francis. When a volatile relationship finally explodes, the Night Climbers' funding suddenly dries up, until Francis dreams up a heist that will secure them millions, but will also test their very souls.

Partly inspired by the original 'Night Climbers' of the Sixties who famously made dare-devil leaps from college roofs, this passionate exploration of youth at its most vital and unstable marks the debut of a strikingly gifted new writer.

By: Ivo Stourton
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 251g
ISBN: 9780552773836
ISBN 10: 0552773832
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 November 2008
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ivo Stourton was born in 1982 and graduated from Cambridge with a double first in English. He is the son of Radio Four Today presenter Ed Stourton. He is at work on his second novel, a page-turning gothic thriller.

Reviews for The Night Climbers

Lapped up The Secret History? Then this one's for you . . . Stourton can really write . . . his next move will certainly be worth watching. * Independent on Sunday * An amazingly accomplished debut . . . the writing is elegant, the story decadent. * Observer * I love this book. So exhilarating, authentic and vivid. It made me want to become a Cambridge student all over again. * Nicholas Coleridge * Tightly sprung and compulsively readable * Literary Review * Stourton is a storyteller with perfect poise * Spectator *

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