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Thank you, Isabelle and Fly on the Wall Press, for inviting me on the cover reveal for The Wager and the Bear by John Ironmonger.
Title: The Wager and the Bear
Author: John Ironmonger
Publication Date: February 2025
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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Synopsis:
Thank you, Isabelle and Fly on the Wall Press, for inviting me on the cover reveal for The Wager and the Bear by John Ironmonger.
Author: John Ironmonger
Publication Date: February 2025
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Cover Image:
When young idealist Tom publicly humiliates
politician Monty in a Cornish pub, it sparks a simmering feud that cascades
through their intertwined lives. The consequences of their argument, and the
deadly wager they strike, will cascade down the decades. Years later, they find
themselves a long way from St Piran onto a colossal iceberg drifting south away
from Greenland, their only companion a starving polar bear. This is a
heart-stopping tale of anger, tragedy, and enduring love, cast against the long
unfolding backdrop of an irreversible global crisis.
Author Bio:
John Ironmonger was born and grew up in East Africa. He has a doctorate in zoology, and was once an expert on freshwater leeches. He is the author of The Good Zoo Guide and the novels The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder (shortlisted for the 2012 Costa First Novel Prize and the Guardian‘s Not the Booker Prize), The Coincidence Authority and The Whale at the End of the World (an international bestseller). He has also been part of a world record team for speed reading Shakespeare, has driven across the Sahara in a £100 banger, and once met Jared Diamond in a forest in the middle of Sumatra.
John Ironmonger was born and grew up in East Africa. He has a doctorate in zoology, and was once an expert on freshwater leeches. He is the author of The Good Zoo Guide and the novels The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder (shortlisted for the 2012 Costa First Novel Prize and the Guardian‘s Not the Booker Prize), The Coincidence Authority and The Whale at the End of the World (an international bestseller). He has also been part of a world record team for speed reading Shakespeare, has driven across the Sahara in a £100 banger, and once met Jared Diamond in a forest in the middle of Sumatra.
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