*LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019*'This book ratcheted the breath out of me so skilfully, that as soon as I'd finished, the only thing I wante
'Night Waking is a brilliantly observed comedy of 21st-century manners. It's also a tightly plotted mystery that keeps the reader wondering, and hoping, until the final page' - Louise Welch
This thought-provoking examination of the most influential and popular accounts of polar exploration—from Viking settlers and Renaissance conquerors to expeditions led by such famous explorers
