The Death of the Fronsac: A Novel - Hardcover

Neal Ascherson is a journalist and writer. He reported from Asia, Africa and Central Europe for the Observer. He contributes regularly to the New York Review and the LRB. His books include Black Sea, Games with Shadows and The Polish August.

'[T]his debut novel remains long in the mind ... A marvellous meditation on what it is to have lost a country and a past, and to be adrift in search of what might once again constitute a home' TLS. 'A wholehearted emotional book ... It makes you understand fuel tanks and dirty wrecked water - and also unexpected elderly love' The Tablet, Books of the Year. 'A gripping fictional account' Country Life. 'It brings history to life for sure but stands as a remarkable first novel. I hope Ascherson has more novels to write' Tribune. '[A] humane and compassionate novel ... As wise as it is rich. It is an absorbing, complex and humane piece of fiction about terrible times and how good and bad people make the best they can of them' The Bottle Imp. '[Neal Ascherson's] gripping second world war novel [is a] thoughtful portrait of the wartime experience' Spectator. 'Ambitious and affecting' Sunday Herald. 'A story that conjures up memorable characters and describes vividly the wartime atmosphere ... an engrossing book' Greenock Telegraph. 'A wayward story told with admirable vigour and intensity' The National.