Nightclimber Author:Jon Manchip White A true cliff-hanger, both literally and figuratively, this original novel features a hero driven by a compulsion to climb. What sets him apart is that he climbs buildings, not mountains. an unusual pastime that leads him into danger where he must , indeed, leap for his life. At Cambridge, he had been one of the Nightclimbers: an illegal band of... more » students who make perilous ascents of the roofs and pinnacles of the university's buildings. Now a noted authority on Spanish art, he is living and working in Madrid, wondering where on earth he will find the funds to pay overdue income tax. The answer comes when he discovers in his apartment a mysterious stranger who claims to have been a classmate at Cambridge. He persuades him to accept a dangerous mission. As the plot unfolds the Nightclimber is led into a series of hair-raising adventures and an unexpected love affair. The scene shifts from Paris to Venice to the Aegean Sea and the Balkan Peninsula.« less