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by James Meek (Author)
At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope.
With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love from one of today's most talented and visionary writers.Back Jacket
The message was short.
'I want to see you now. I want you to come to me, it doesn't matter how late it is, and tell me exactly what you want from me.' At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love from one of today's most talented and visionary writers. James Meek has won the Ondaatje Prize, the Saltire Award, the Macmillan Silver Pen and been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent won the 2008 Prince Maurice Prize. 'Astonishing. A love story that owes everything to the great collision of bin Laden and Bush Jr's foreign policy. Wholly original.'The Times 'Damnably hard to put down, with the momentum and trajectory of a well-aimed rocket. A book to keep one reading through the small hours. Terrific.'
Jonathan Raban, London Review of Books 'A highly intelligent novel and edgily contemporary.'
Independent
Author Biography
James Meek was born in London in 1962 and grew up in Dundee. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is his fourth novel. His previous books include Drivetime (1995) and The People's Act of Love (2005) which won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, the SAC Book of the Year Award, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into more than twenty languages. He has published two collections of short stories, Last Orders (1992) and The Museum of Doubt (2000), which was shortlisted for a Macmillan Silver Pen award.
He has worked as a journalist since 1985. He now lives in London. His reporting from Iraq and about Guant�namo Bay won a number of British and international awards. In the autumn of 2001 he reported for the Guardian from Afghanistan on the war against the Taliban and the liberation of Kabul.
