The Glass Room (Simon Mawer)

Little, Brown Book Group: 'A spellbinding novel about modernism, architecture and twentieth-century Europe. A story as breathtaking as the building in which it is set . . . THE GLASS ROOM achieves the rare feat of being truly enjoyable to read' --SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

`Warm, intelligent, light-giving . . . A masterpiece of its kind' James Naughtie, Chair of the 2009 Man Booker Prize --James Naughtie, Chair of the 2009 Man Booker Prize

`A passionately detailed portrait of individuals struggling to snatch order and happiness from frightening, irrational times . . . THE GLASS ROOM achieves the rare feat of being truly enjoyable to read' Rachel Aspden, Sunday Telegraph -- Rachel Aspden, Sunday Telegraph

`Simon Mawer's grasp of period and place achieves what all great novels must: the creation of an utterly absorbing world the reader can scarcely bear to leave. Exciting, profoundly affecting and altogether wonderful' John Harding, Daily Mail --John Harding, Daily Mail

`A thing of extraordinary beauty and symmetry . . . There are occasional moments of illuminating brilliance, when the novel becomes like the Glass Room of the title . . . Mawer transcends mere cleverness to become profound . . . THE GLASS ROOM is a rare thing: popular historical fiction with integrity' Ian Sansom, Guardian
--Ian Sansom, Guardian






'THE GLASS ROOM is a fiction of many remarkable qualities'