About the Author:
William Sutcliffe was born in London in 1971. He is the author of five previous novels: the international bestseller Are You Experienced?; The Love Hexagon; New Boy; Bad Influence and, most recently, Whatever Makes You Happy. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Edinburgh.
Review:
A bold and important novel. Whatever your views of Israel and Palestine, reading The Wall - a moving portrait of private pain and tragic conflict - will make you think again * A. D. Miller (author of Snowdrops) * A work with a lot of backbone, story writing skill, verve and integrity. A novel that is about justice and peace, and against colonialism and war ... a great achievement * Raja Shehadeh * Overwhelming foreboding ... A beautifully crafted ... A powerful read * Stylist * Startling and captivating ... This is not a novel of woolly moral equivalencies or easy solutions, but one that believes in empathy and redemption - and gives them a powerful heart -- Kamila Shamsie * Guardian * A stylistic and thematic departure for Sutcliffe ... In The Wall, Sutcliffe successfully creates a world which is part parable, part classic children's tale -- David Stenhouse * Scotland on Sunday * William Sutcliffe employs all this rites-of-passage symbolism with a very light touch, and crafts his novel with sustained suspense ... It makes for fast-paced, exciting reading ... The end is inspiring, delivering the spine chill that a good novel should, but in no way idealised -- Robin Yassin-Kassab * Independent * A haunting fable celebrating the healing power of nature -- Julia Eccleshare * Guardian * Sutcliffe has an acute ear for dialogue, and the family conflicts are convincingly evoked ... An impressive piece of fiction - for adult or young readers -- Tom Sperlinger * Times Literary Supplement * A nuanced yet readable account ... This is a heartfelt plea for understanding and dialogue - and, blissfully, it's not too heavy-handed with its symbolism, using and olive grove deftly to show how man can create and destroy * Literary Review * This powerful tale is thought provoking and sheds light on the controversy surrounding a frightening political reality * Lifestyle * Can't fail to excite and move * Financial Times *
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