Deathwatch [Import] [Paperback]

Colin Falconer (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Sceptre; New Ed edition (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340562390
• ISBN-13: 978-0340562390
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,448,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in north London, Colin worked for many years in TV and radio and freelanced for many of Australia's leading newspapers and magazines. He has been a novelist for the last twenty years, with his work published widely in the UK, US and Europe. His books have been translated into seventeen languages.

He travels regularly to research his novels and his quest for authenticity led him to run with the bulls in Pamplona, pursue tornadoes across Oklahoma and black witches across Mexico, go cage shark diving in South Africa and get tear gassed in a riot in La Paz. He also completed a nine hundred kilometre walk of the camino in Spain.

He lived for many years near Margaret River in WA, helped raise two beautiful daughters with his late wife, Helen. While writing, he also worked for many years in the volunteer ambulance service. "I'd be at my desk typing, then thirty minutes later I'd be crawling into an overturned car."

He met Diana in an airport bookshop in Melbourne - he was in New Fiction. They didn't actually meet in person until three years later.

"My career had stalled when we met. She inspired me to start writing again. I'm a very lucky guy."

WHEN WE WERE GODS has now been re-released as an e-book, and his new novel SILK ROAD, is to be published in the UK and Australia in October by Corvus Atlantic. (less)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tropical Reading, April 6, 2000

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Lynda Swain (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deathwatch (Hardcover)

Any book by Colin Falconer is a GREAT book, as he really is my number #1 favorite author. From the moment I started it on the plane going down to Hawaii for vacation, I knew I wouldn't be able to put it down until I finished. Not being able to convince the pilot to keep circling the airport though, I continued to read it on the beach, surfacing two days later.... The colorful main character, Patrick Corrigan, is one of Colin's best to date - I hope to find him in another book someday! The backdrop to the book - the war in the South Pacific (WW2) was a fascinating subject, one I had not previously read much about, but, one that now my interest is peaked, I will read more about. Keep writing, Colin!

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loved it., March 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Deathwatch (Hardcover)

great i loved i