Notes on Surviving the Fire

A biting, savage, unflinching story of how the culture of sexual assault is systemically tolerated and tucked out of sight into the dark corners of ivory towers. Part campus satire, part murder mystery, and most importantly a tale of formidable survival, Notes on Surviving the Fire asks: who among us is a perpetrator, and how do we keep on living once we know? Christine Murphy writes with the nimbleness of a hunter: muscularly and with precision, while also propelled by undercurrents of cold, simmering fury and hot, big-hearted empathy. – Aube Rey Lescure, author of RIVER EAST, RIVER WESTLives up to the hype. * Sunday Times Style *Savage, brilliant, merciless and mad as hell. – Suzi Feay * Financial Times *Bitterly dark, full of vengeance and bite. A seething, fearless story wound so tight I held my breath from page one. Brilliant! – Natali Simmonds, author of GOOD GIRLS DIE LASTThe novel’s strength lies in Sarah’s duality …The narrative is equally layered, with a thriller’s bones, a satire’s glare, and a comeuppance story’s anarchic spirit. * New Yorker *A wild horse of a plot … Fiery on many levels … An author to watch. * Kirkus Reviews *A bold and complex thriller that tackles rape culture and academic bureaucracy with a pinch of Buddhist philosophy … Murphy establishes a convincing sense of psychological realism while making salient points about the challenges women face in the aftermath of sexual violence … Those in the mood for more challenging fare will be rewarded. * Publishers Weekly *A furious, fast-paced, emotionally resonant and memorable novel. I’ll be thinking about this one for a while yet. – Ilana Masad * Los Angeles Times *

Christine Murphy has lived, worked, and travelled in over 100 countries, including eleven months in a tent across the African continent and a year as a resident in a Buddhist nunnery in the Himalayas. She completed the world’s longest for-charity horse ride across Northern Mongolia, during which she broke her back (for the second time). A trained Buddhaologist, Christine has a PhD in Religious Studies.

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