WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 'I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name's Simon. I think you're going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he'll be dead. And he was never the same after that.' There are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all night. There are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real.

There are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for days. The Shock of the Fall is all of these books. The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction. Gold title * THE SHOCK OF THE FALL was acquired in a hotly-contested 11-way auction. There has been great momentum for the hardback and huge noise for this book with Nathan Filer and the cover design team featured on BBC News in May 2013 as well as broadsheet reviews * Nathan Filer is being celebrated as one of the most impressive debut fiction writers in recent years and we are already securing some major endorsements from Joe Dunthorne, S J Watson and Jo Brand * S J Watson calls THE SHOCK OF THE FALL 'a stunning novel.' 'it's clearly the work of a major new talent' * A massive response from Amazon reviewers, receiving 4.6 out of 5 stars on average: 'I couldn't put the book down.

Well written and an insightful read into the life of someone with a diagnosis of schizophrenia', 'I found it utterly engrossing, readable, funny, enlightening and very moving' and many, many more. * Mental illness is a largely avoided and unknown subject. This book is initiating a wider conversation about society's attitude towards it and the silence around it * Nathan Filer is a registered mental health nurse with a unique and startling insight into the mental illness.