He really had experienced every tiniest increment of time in the four decades since then, and yet here he was surprised to be suddenly old and crippled. Turned out the rope didn't care if you noticed every daisy on the path to the gallows.

Chris Cleave (born 1973) is a British writer and journalist. The audio book version was read by Australian actor Susan Lyons
His second novel The Other Hand was released in August 2008 and was described as "A powerful piece of art. Cleave was inspired to write The Other Hand from his childhood in West Africa.