03899cam a2200601 i 4500 246539180 TxAuBib 20151116120000.0 130815s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013027387 9781476704586 hardback 1476704589 hardback 9781476704593 trade paper 1476704597 trade paper (OCoLC)852226421 TxAuBib rda Go, Justin. The steady running of the hour : a novel / Justin Go. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014. 466 p. : maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. It contains the phone number of a Mr. J.F. Prichard of Twyning & Hooper, Solicitors, in London -- and news that could change Tristan's life forever. In 1924, Prichard explains, an English alpinist named Ashley Walsingham died attempting to summit Mt. Everest, leaving his fortune to his former lover, Imogen Soames-Andersson. But the estate was never claimed. Information has recently surfaced suggesting Tristan may be the rightful heir, but unless he can find documented evidence, the fortune will be divided among charitable beneficiaries in less than two months. In a breathless race from London archives to Somme battlefields to the Eastfjords of Iceland, Tristan pieces together the story of a forbidden affair set against the tumult of the First World War and the pioneer British expeditions to Mt. Everest. Following his instincts through a maze of frenzied research, Tristan soon becomes obsessed with the tragic lovers, and he crosses paths with a mysterious French girl named Mireille who suggests there is more to his quest than he realizes. Tristan must prove that he is related to Imogen to inherit Ashley's fortune -- but the more he learns about the couple, the stranger his journey becomes. . . . Part love story, part historical tour de force, Justin Go's novel is utterly compelling, unpredictable, and heartrending"-- Provided by publisher. ". . . A young American discovers he may be the heir to the estate of an English WWI officer and alpinist, left unclaimed for nearly 80 years, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the true story of the officer's love affair with the woman who may or may not be his great-grandmother"-- Provided by publisher. 20151116. Mount Everest Expedition (1924) Fiction. Mount Everest Expedition. World War (1914-1918.) 1914 - 1918. Young men California San Francisco Fiction. Inheritance and succession Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Fiction. Mountaineers England Fiction. FICTION / General. bisacsh FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Historical. Family secrets. Inheritance and succession. Mountaineers. Young men. Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Fiction. Asia Mount Everest. California San Francisco. England. Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Love stories. Fiction. TXLIV