The Insult (Bloomsbury Classic Reads) - Softcover

'A stunningly clever thriller' Sunday Times 'A stunning premise, brilliantly unravelled...it confirms Thomson in the front rank of English authors' Observer 'Wonderful ... The Insult is Thomson's weirdest and most troubling novel to date...he has an extraordinary capacity to construct a parallel universe ... a powerful creative talent' Guardian 'The Insult met every requirement I felt I could possibly have of a novel...breathtakingly clever' The Times

It is a Thursday evening. After work Martin Blom drives to the supermarket to buy some groceries. As he walks back to his car a shot rings out...When he wakes up he is blind. His neurosurgeon, Bruno Visser, tells him that his loss of sight is permanent and that he must expect to experience shock, depression, self-pity, even suicidal thoughts before his rehabilitation is complete. But it doesn't work out quite like that. And one spring evening, while Martin is practising in the clinic gardens with his new white cane, something miraculous happens.