CruxAuthor: Gabriel Tallent Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 5 February 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Fig Tree) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 416 pages 242 x 164 x 38 630g ''All this is, is the thing weve always known: we have nothing and nobody except each other. But that, we have in spades. Now, lets go climb rocks.''Tender, immersive, and thrilling' GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow'One of the best

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