Catch
  • Published: 1 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407054261
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272

Catch

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A beautifully crafted debut novel by one of the most promising writers in contemporary British fiction.

Catharine wakes to an empty bed. Her husband Tom, a human rights lawyer, is away on business and it's the first time she has woken alone in their cottage since they moved there from London five months ago.

She is, as she confesses, a serious woman; realistic and practical. She has relinquished her hold on past ambitions, her music and her career, in preparation for family life. Now, without distraction, she wonders what she is to do.

Time progresses, and in encounters both real and imagined - with the village's inhabitants, with her best friend Maria and with Tom - Catharine plucks at the fabric of her life until it is threadbare. From assured beginnings the day rushes to a realisation of her very worst fears, and to a denouement of devastating poignancy.

  • Published: 1 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407054261
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272
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About the author

Simon Robson

Simon Robson was born in 1966. His first book, The Separate Heart, was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor Award. He is also well known as an actor and playwright.

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Praise for Catch

Astute, perceptive observations

Simon Humphreys, Mail on Sunday

Courageous and well-crafted ... a potent work, clear evidence of a promising talent

James Urquhart, Independent

Precise, poetic prose

Spectator

Robson is astute and gentle in his observations

Francesca Segal, Observer

Robson's writing tends to complexity, and is both effective and lovely

Guardian, Hilary Mantel
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