The Water People

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Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1992, 1st UK Edition, D/w (slight tear top of spine), Nr. Fine.   Joe Simpson’s first novel, written shortly after the highly acclaimed and award winning Touching the Void, is a fantasy tale set between imagination and reality, which includes as its principal characters an aging grave-digger, a wise old Indian major, a wilful hunter, a mourning fisherman, and two young climbers.