The Night Climbers
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407038599
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

The Night Climbers

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Reminiscent of Donna Tartt, a circle of friends at Cambridge form a private club that scales the university colleges by night, until one day they take their daredevil activities one step too far . . .

James, a first-year student at Cambridge, is overwhelmed by the thrill of opportunity and startled by his own hunger for friendship. He finds himself seduced by a covert and exclusive circle of friends - the 'Tudor Night Climbers' - who scale the university's turrets after dark, transforming it into a dangerous playground of spiralling heights.
When still only a novice member of his tribe, James begins to fall for the only female in the group, the enigmatic and beautiful Jessica, and is soon at the heart of a fatal love triangle with the reckless and charismatic leader of the group, Francis. When a volatile relationship finally explodes, the Night Climbers' funding suddenly dries up, until Francis dreams up a heist that will secure them millions, but will also test their very souls.

Partly inspired by the original 'Night Climbers' of the Sixties who famously made dare-devil leaps from college roofs, this passionate exploration of youth at its most vital and unstable marks the debut of a strikingly gifted new writer.
  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407038599
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
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About the author

Ivo Stourton

Ivo Stourton was born in 1982 and works in the city of London. His debut novel, THE NIGHT CLIMBERS, a thriller about the secret club of students who scale the college walls of Cambridge, is currently being filmed by the young indie director, Marek Losey.

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Praise for The Night Climbers

An amazingly accomplished debut . . . the writing is elegant, the story decadent.

Observer

I love this book. So exhilarating, authentic and vivid. It made me want to become a Cambridge student all over again.

Nicholas Coleridge

Tightly sprung and compulsively readable

Literary Review

Lapped up The Secret History? Then this one's for you . . . Stourton can really write . . . his next move will certainly be worth watching.

Independent on Sunday

A fast-paced novel with a gripping plot

Waterstones' Quarterly

Stourton is a name to watch

Publishers' Weekly

Stourton is a storyteller with perfect poise

Spectator

Beautifully crafted...a compelling debut of youthful daring. His quietly poetic prose is charming, and there's real warmth and depth here in his explorations of friendship and guilt

Daily Mail

Part nostalgic reverie, part taut little thriller, it makes for a promising debut

Guardian