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Blasphemer
He had always been scared of flying. Now the fear is real. A plane crash. The water is rising over his mouth. In his nostrils. Lungs. As Daniel gasps he swallows; and punches at his seat-belt. Nancy the woman he loves is trapped in her seat. He clambers over her pushing her face into the headrest. It is a reflex visceral action made without rational thought...But Daniel Kennedy did it. And already we have judged him from the comfort of our own lives. Almost a hundred years earlier Daniels great-grandfather goes over the top at Passchendaele. A shell explodes and he wakes up alone and lost in the hell of no-mans-land. Where are the others? Has he been left behind? And if he doesnt find his unit is he a deserter? Love; cowardice; trust; forgiveness. How will any of us behave when we are
pushed to extremes? See Judys Review See Richards Review See Nigel Farndale talk about his book Reading Group Questions Read our exclusive Q&A with Nigel Farndale Write a Review for The Blasphemer Judys Review This novel gripped me from start to finish. The impossible demands placed on young men like Andrew in the trenches of the Great War; the fight-or-flight reflex that overwhelms his great grandson after a terrifying plane crash: Nigel Farndale uses both as jumping off points for a story about faith courage cowardice and redemption. And the possibilities of the infinite too. An old photograph of Andrew with an unnamed comrade taken just before the hellish battle of Passchendaele may not be what it seems. Nor are the sightings of a strangely familiar wide-eyed man that Daniel keeps
glimpsing usually just before and after moments of great peril. Following a freakishly lucky escape from a terrorist bombing in London Daniel the unbeliever begins to wonder if his survival is anything to do with luck at all. There are wonderful characters in this book. Daniel&8217;s father Philip an ex-military man who hides his love for his son behind a rigid emotional froideur; the truly wicked Wetherby a professor who poses as Daniel&8217;s friend at the university they both teach at but who is in fact a Judas plotting to betray him. Interestingly &8211; and amusingly - Wetherby is the most devoutly religious figure in the whole story. The Blasphemer is a powerful morality tale with a tantalising nod to the possibility that angels may indeed move among us. Unforgettable. Richards
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pushed to extremes? See Judys Review See Richards Review See Nigel Farndale talk about his book Reading Group Questions Read our exclusive Q&A with Nigel Farndale Write a Review for The Blasphemer Judys Review This novel gripped me from start to finish. The impossible demands placed on young men like Andrew in the trenches of the Great War; the fight-or-flight reflex that overwhelms his great grandson after a terrifying plane crash: Nigel Farndale uses both as jumping off points for a story about faith courage cowardice and redemption. And the possibilities of the infinite too. An old photograph of Andrew with an unnamed comrade taken just before the hellish battle of Passchendaele may not be what it seems. Nor are the sightings of a strangely familiar wide-eyed man that Daniel keeps
glimpsing usually just before and after moments of great peril. Following a freakishly lucky escape from a terrorist bombing in London Daniel the unbeliever begins to wonder if his survival is anything to do with luck at all. There are wonderful characters in this book. Daniel&8217;s father Philip an ex-military man who hides his love for his son behind a rigid emotional froideur; the truly wicked Wetherby a professor who poses as Daniel&8217;s friend at the university they both teach at but who is in fact a Judas plotting to betray him. Interestingly &8211; and amusingly - Wetherby is the most devoutly religious figure in the whole story. The Blasphemer is a powerful morality tale with a tantalising nod to the possibility that angels may indeed move among us. Unforgettable. Richards
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