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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (1 Mar 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099415240
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099415244
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 707,499 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Big mountains are awe-inspiring and humbling, but there are those whose lives are incomplete until they have conquered the biggest of all: Everest. They frequently develop a kind of mountain-sickness: an obsession not just with the highest mountains, but the dangerous, uncomfortable, testing life which the distant summits demand. Relationships, marriages, children, careers, all fall victim to this monomania. Al Hood's wife and daughter have already been sacrificed. Now he's running a commercial undertaking, leading an assortment of rich men who, having conquered their own particular worlds, are hungry to add the greatest physical adventure of all to their achievements. Finch Buchanan, the expedition doctor, has unfinished business with one of the team, and a burgeoning relationship with another. Altogether 'a combustible mix of separate ambitions and egos' face conditions to tax the hardiest, most experienced and well-balanced earthlings. Literally at any moment something could go wrong... This tale of high adventure and strong passions is a complete shift in direction for Rosie Thomas: a tale of risk and hazard with tensions and challenges on every page; breathtaking descriptions of the Himalayan landscape; the physical and psychological demands of the mountain; the weather; discomfort almost beyond belief. An outstanding novel, which could only have been written by someone who has been there, done that, felt the elation, the agony and the fear. (Kirkus UK)


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At the heart of this story set on the iron peaks of Everest and worked out against threats of weather and altitude, is the combative, passionate and ultimately tragic triangular relationship between two mountaineers, each driven by different demons but in love with Finch, the lovely young expedition doctor with her own history,
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars White, 1 Dec 2005
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This is a fabulous story - I've read it twice and can't wait to read it again. She so obviously has a real knowledge of the bleakness, loneliness and terrifying hardship of mountaineering. Everyone should read this book - it says a great deal about a human being's ability to be self reliant as well as compassionate. Utterly compelling!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't judge this book by it's cover, 1 Oct 2001
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The cover of this book gives a completely false impression and is obviously aimed at the "buy it for a holiday read" market. In fact the story works on many different levels. It is a tale of two loves ... life and the mountains. OK, there are a few cliches within but the plot twists and turns unexpectedly. It doesn't even end when you think that it should but the extra 60 pages tie up all the loose ends in a completely satisfying manner. It's a story of loves lost and found, an adventure that is terrifyingly real and a search for reasons to live. All of the three main characters are multi-layered and you can't help caring about what happens to them. This book will not disappoint you.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A real love story in a harsh setting, 8 Sep 2006
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I loved this book. Things didn't turn out the way I expected with Finch which made for a good story. The real fascination of this book for me, though, was the dramatic backdrop of Everest and the harsh realities of mountaineering. I was completely hooked from page 1.
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