The Gate Patrick Demarchelier and their enemies hangs perilously

and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance

But our greatest battle may lie within the very vows that give us strength

Looks at compelling issues such as perception and reality as well as how logic fares in a world of lunacy

Five exercises

The Gate Patrick Demarchelier and their enemies hangs perilouslySelected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Scottish Herald 'The beauty of the prose is in contrast with the horror anticipated by this superbly subtle narrative' Kapka KassabovaIn 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young French ethnologist Fran ois Bizot is captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of 'American imperialism', he is chained and imprisoned. His captor, Douch later responsible for tens of