An Honest Man: Paperback Out Now

The paperback of my third novel An Honest Man is out today and is graced with some lovely reviews (see below). Thanks to everyone who has received it so positively and to all of the wonderful readers who have been in touch via email and on social media about the book. I really do appreciate it hugely.

"A beautifully written, evocative literary thriller set in Berlin shortly before the fall of the Wall." (The Financial Times)

"In An Honest Man Ben Fergusson richly evokes West Berlin in 1989 through his narrator’s nineteen-year-old self." (Times Literary Supplement)

"As well as a poignant love story, it’s also a gripping, original thriller; a final twist I definitely didn’t see coming sets a powerful climax in motion just as the Wall comes down. But this is a novel as much about the end of innocence, the limits of ideology and the pain of realising the people we love are far from perfect – in this case very far indeed." (The i Newspaper)

“Ben Fergusson’s compelling story is as sensitive as it is moving. It vividly evokes Berlin in 1989 and perfectly captures the atmosphere and mood of what was then a tragic city. And his characters are all too believable, their flaws and attributes neatly defining the human condition.” (The Daily Express)

"Stunning, powerful and addictive." (Attitude)

"Atmospheric and thought-provoking." (Daily Mail)

"Precise and detailed in its recreation of late-1980s West Berlin, the novel movingly recounts Ralf’s painful discoveries about love and loyalty ... An outstanding novel." (Sunday Times)