Books by author: Joe Simpson

Touching the Void

by Joe Simpson

Harper Paperbacks (224 pages)
Keyword(s): Autobiography, Nonfiction
Dates read: July 01-04, 2007, Rating: ***

This was a "quick read" book selected by my book club. It's a harrowing true story of a mountaineering expedition gone badly wrong, and it is indeed a quick read.

I was put off by Simpson's self-aggrandizement. It was unbelievably stupid to get into such a predicament. He's extraordinarily lucky to be alive to talk about it.