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 enlarge | Author: Joe Simpson
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 314232
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 330
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0898864607
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.522092
EAN: 9780898864601
ASIN: 0898864607
Publication Date: September 1995
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Condition: Some wear on book from reading, spine creases, wear on binding and pages, we guarantee all purchases and ship all items via USPS mail.
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 This Game of Ghosts June 2, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As the follow-up book to 'Touching the Voids' Simpson details his life with the emotion and detail you would expect from a truely remarkable individual. From his early childhood to his most advanced expeditions this book takes you on a journey through the highest and lowest points of Simpsons life. Truely blessed with the ability to write with a fine balance of humour and compassion 'This game of ghosts' captured me with three basic emotions; extreme happiness, sadness and a great deal of despondency to finish the book, Perfect!
This Game of Ghosts June 2, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As the follow-up book to 'Touching the Voids' Simpson details his life with the emotion and detail you would expect from a truely remarkable individual. From his early childhood to his most advanced expeditions this book takes you on a journey through the highest and lowest points of Simpsons life. Truely blessed with the ability to write with a fine balance of humour and compassion 'This game of ghosts' captured me with three basic emotions; extreme happiness, sadness and a great deal of dispondoncy to finish the book, Perfect!
Confusion December 1, 1998
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The honesty of the author in "This Game of Ghosts" is startling, and refreshing. Joe looks at the experiences that have shaped his life, both before and after the accident, and is not afraid to criticise. Throughout the book, he comments on the loss of climbing friends, and the confusion this causes. The brutal honesty coupled with the questions raised by the deaths to which there are no easy answers make this a stunning book.
A challenging but often funny insight into Joes life & mind October 15, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After being stunned by "Touching the Void", I read this book with keen interest to understand why and how he survived, and if he had progressed in his life. I was more than impressed with the improvement in writing style and story telling. Joe Simpson handles a personal and controversial subject masterfully with horrifying, poignant and hilarious episodes. A must read for all current or potential outdoor "adventure" types.
 Enjoyable, more thorough look at Simpson's climbing life. September 6, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Prepare for a switch in gears if you read this after "Touching the Void". It details not one rivetting account, but several harrowing events that possibly give the reader a better idea about who Simpson really is... at a party and on the mountain.Cliche in that it joins other climber's autobiographies on the bookshelf, but strongly needed after we kept scratching our heads in "Touching the Void" and asking: who is this guy anyway?
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