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The Fall
Simon Mawer
A literary thriller set in the Alps — two climbers on the Eiger Nordwand, decades of secrets, and a fall that echoes through time. Mawer writes climbing with the precision of someone who understands both the rock and the psychology.
Mountains & Climbing
Fiction
Alps & Europe
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Published
2003
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