The Jump Artist
  • Published: 24 April 2013
  • ISBN: 9780241961391
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $19.99

The Jump Artist

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22 Aug 2012
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24 Apr 2013
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A prize-winning novel that tells an astonishing true story of survival, reinvention and fame against all the odds

An inspirational story of injustice, reinvention and fame.

Austria, 1928. A murder trial sends shockwaves across Europe. An unknown young man named Philippe Halsman stands unjustly accused of killing his father. Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud and Thomas Mann are moved to speak out on his behalf. But as he fights to prove his innocence, a whole nation turns against him.

So begins an extraordinary journey, from courtroom drama and prison cell to bohemian Paris at its height and Europe on the eve of war, and an extraordinary act of reinvention that will touch the lives of many of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, including Salvador Dali and Marilyn Monroe. From tragedy and injustice to freedom and, eventually, to fame, this is the remarkable story of The Jump Artist.
  • Published: 24 April 2013
  • ISBN: 9780241961391
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $19.99
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Praise for The Jump Artist

Panoramic, arresting, breathtaking

Anna Funder, author of Stasiland

Bold and wondrous

A D Miller, author of Snowdrops

Compelling

The Sunday Times

Brilliantly constructed

Guardian

A remarkable work [that] documents a triumph of the human spirit over tremendous adversity

Harper's

A tale of passionate commitment

New Statesman

Lucid and atmospheric

Observer

Absorbing

Sunday Telegraph

Truly beautiful

The Scotsman

Tremendous resonance

Publishers Weekly

Subtle, moving ... has the pace and excitement of a legal drama

The Forward