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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a "gripping and reflective" memoir of a bomb disposal officer working in Iraq and Afghanistan. Keith Lowe at W&N bought world English rights to The Longest Walk by Kevin Ivison through Andrew Lownie at the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency.
As well as telling how Ivison succeeded "against overwhelming odds and with little chance of survival", ultimately winning the George Medal for gallantry, the book explores his subsequent suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the fight to recover his mental health.
The book is schedule for publication in August 2010.