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Yefgenii Yeremin is a flyer and he is a phantom. In the Korean War, he shoots down more American jets than any other pilot in history. He becomes the legendary ace dubbed 'Ivan the Terrible'. But the Soviet Union's involvement in Korea must be kept secret, so his name remains unknown, his victories uncelebrated. Exiled to a remote Arctic base, he becomes a spectator to the new battlefield of Cold War rivalry: space. Yefgenii longs to do battle once more with America's finest aviators, but he remains invisible, forgotten ...until the day in 1964, when a man arrives from Moscow, from the Space Committee, in search of a volunteer. Five years later, Yefgenii Yeremin sets off on the greatest mission of all, in a ship named Voskhodyeniye. His destination is the Moon. "Ascent" is the story of how a single act can not only define the meaning of a man's life, but also that of a nation and a species. It is a story of power, beauty and ultimately grace, and it is like no novel you have ever read before.
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`Mercurio is a master of precision'
-- Tancred Newbury,Observer
"a stylish, cool novel" -- City AM
`Mecurio captures a sense of hurtling velocity - which, in prose, is no
mean feat.' -- rev'd by Alastair Sooke, Sunday Telegraph
`This is exciting, pacey, sometimes brutal, often funny' -- Kate Saunders, The Times
"Ascent is a page turning story of a man's ambition to be the very
best. Based on real events and using real people, it places this fictitious
character in a period when space itself was there for the taking.
Beautifully written, it's a book that deserves to be read" -- Angela Cooke, Daily Express
"Tremendous stuff" -- Independent
"prose of almost inconsolable starkness.. a great read" -- GQ
'Ascent is storytelling of a high calibre, fully imagined, finely
crafted.'
-- Saturday Guardian
`it's a page turning thriller'
-- Bookseller
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-- Tancred Newbury,Observer
"a stylish, cool novel" -- City AM
`Mecurio captures a sense of hurtling velocity - which, in prose, is no
mean feat.' -- rev'd by Alastair Sooke, Sunday Telegraph
`This is exciting, pacey, sometimes brutal, often funny' -- Kate Saunders, The Times
"Ascent is a page turning story of a man's ambition to be the very
best. Based on real events and using real people, it places this fictitious
character in a period when space itself was there for the taking.
Beautifully written, it's a book that deserves to be read" -- Angela Cooke, Daily Express
"Tremendous stuff" -- Independent
"prose of almost inconsolable starkness.. a great read" -- GQ
'Ascent is storytelling of a high calibre, fully imagined, finely
crafted.'
-- Saturday Guardian
`it's a page turning thriller'
-- Bookseller
A truly stunning novel – spare, powerful and ultimately awesome – Ascent will propel Jed Mercurio into the first rank of British novelists.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0224072862
- ISBN 13 9780224072861
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Book Description Condition: Fine. "Yefgenii Yeremin is a flyer and he is a phantom. In the Korean War, he shoots down more American jets than any other pilot in history. He becomes the legendary ace dubbed 'Ivan the Terrible'. But the Soviet Union's involvement in Korea must be kept secret, so his name remains unknown, his victories uncelebrated. Exiled to a remote Arctic base, he becomes a spectator to the new battlefield of Cold War rivalry: space. Yefgenii longs to do battle once more with America's finest aviators, but he remains invisible, forgottenuntil the day in 1964, when a man arrives from Moscow, from the Space Committee, in search of a volunteer. Five years later, Yefgenii Yeremin sets off on the greatest mission of all, in a ship named Voskhodyeniye. His destination is the Moon. "Ascent" is the story of how a single act can not only define the meaning of a man's life, but also that of a nation and a species. It is a story of power, beauty and ultimately grace, and it is like no novel you have ever read before." Uncorrected proof copy in fine condition. Galley/Proof. Seller Inventory # 000848
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