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In his new novel Night Falling Martin Chipperfield explores the aftermath of an unspeakable family tragedy. Rick Davis, an up-and-coming deejay on a metropolitan radio station, is finally given the coveted rush-hour slot, but as his career catapults to sublime levels his marriage collapses. The characters in Night Falling drift through confusion and jealousy, pain and fantasy—their lives crashing together. A bizarre array of characters move in and out of Rick’s life, mirroring his despair and a growing sense of isolation: a caller threatens arson, a cab driver finds his fare dead, a beggar on the sidewalk crouches in the darkness singing a haunting melody as Rick passes by. Told in poetic free verse, Night Falling looks into human nature and modern marriage, revealing resentment and blame can destroy love, and tracing how even the sweetest of marriages can be reduced to ashes in the wake of tragedy.