North of Nowhere Sebastian Faulks and as fundamental as our

and as fundamental as our need to believe in something bigger than ourselves

In this staggeringly brilliant novel

He rises to become one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day - and mentor to the boy slave

And a man bred and designed to fight is a dangerous man to have around in peacetime

North of Nowhere Sebastian Faulks and as fundamental as our'That summer, it was all about secrets I already had one bullet inside me. I knew I didn't have room for another.' Alex McKnight rarely ventures out from his home these days, even to spend time at his friend Jackie's Glasgow Inn he's had enough of getting his ass kicked. Even as he lets Jackie force him out one night for a poker game at a stranger's house, Alex is certain it's a bad idea. When the genial atmosphere rapidly deteriorates, he starts to