Tony Parsons says Girl On Fire is the best book he has written, and even made him cry. Photo: DAVID LEVENSON
It's an opening scene right out of a nightmare. Girl On Fire, the latest novel by British author Tony Parsons, starts off with a bang: main character Max Wolfe finds himself in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in London. Terrorists have used a drone to crash a helicopter into a busy shopping centre.
It’s a fictional account. But one that’s scary because of how real it feels. In today’s day and age, when terrorist attacks are a common occurrence in newspaper headlines, Girl On Fire’s opening seems scarily plausible.
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