Indira Varma reads the electrifying and heart-rending new novel from the Costa award-winning, and three-times Booker-longlisted author of Reservoir 13.

When an Antarctic research expedition goes horrifically wrong, the consequences are far-reaching - for the men involved and for their families back home.

Robert 'Doc' Wright, a veteran of Antarctic field work, holds the clues to what happened, but he is no longer able to communicate them. While his wife navigates the sharp contours of her new life as a carer, Robert is forced to learn a whole new way to be in the world.

Episode 2: as the three men struggle to find their bearings in a sudden snow storm, one of them appears to be adrift on an ice floe...

Author: Jon McGregor is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer, who has been longlisted for the Booker Prize three times, and won the 2017 Costa Award.
Reader: Indira Varma
Producer: Justine Willett
Abridger: Katrin Williams Show less