Arrow Bks. – The Bell Bookshop

Back Trouble

Emma — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0000

From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES – longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021

On the brink of forty, newly single with a failed business, Philip thought he’d reached an all-time low.

It only needed a discarded chip on a South London street to lay him literally flat. So, bedbound and bored, Philip naturally starts to write the story of his life.

But between the mundane catalogue of seaside holidays and bodged DIY, broken relationships and unspoken truths, more surprises are revealed, both comic and touching, than Philip or his family ever bargained for. Even, perhaps, a happy ending…

Praise for Clare Chambers:

‘Smart, astute, and very funny’ Daily Mail

‘Gorgeous… If you’re looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more’ Pandora Sykes on SMALL PLEASURES

‘Chambers’ eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity’ Guardian

‘A funny and moving story with a great deal of style’ Daily Express

Malpractice

Emma — Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

When his cousin dies from an overdose, vet and reluctant private investigator Frank is shattered. He knows Dave never took drugs in his life. He's sure he's been murdered. What's more, the police tell him Dave had been under surveillance.

Death Zone : Climbing Everest Through the Killer Storm

Emma — Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000

It seemed like any other season on Mount Everest. Ten expeditions from around the world were preparing for their summit push, gathered together to try for mountaineering’s ultimate prize. Twenty-four hours later, eight of those climbers were dead, victims of the most devastating storm ever to hit Everest. On the North face of the mountain, a British expedition found itself in the thick of the drama. Against all odds, film-maker Matt Dickinson and professional climber Alan Hinkes managed to battle through hurricane-force winds to reach the summit. In Death Zone, Matt Dickinson describes the extraordinary event that put the disaster on the front cover of Time and Newsweek. The desperate attempts of teams on the southern side of the mountain, fatal errors that led to the deaths of three Indian climbers on the North Ridge and the moving story of Rob Hall, the New Zealand guide who stayed with his stricken client, and paid with his life. Based on interviews with the surviving climbers and the first-hand experience of having lived through the killer storm, this gripping non-fiction book tackles issues at the very heart of mountaineering. Death Zone is an extraordinary story of human triumph, folly and disaster.