"Solo Faces contrasts a devotion to mountain climbing with the earthbound tugs of love and ordinary life . . . A beautifully composed book that will remind readers of Camus and Saint-Exupery. It exemplifies the purity it describes." –Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
"[Salter is in] the great modern tradition of Conrad and Hemingway and Malraux." –
Samuel Hynes, The New York Times Book Review "A terrific novel–compelling, sad, wise, and kindhearted. Mr. Salter's prose is rare and stunning . . . How energizing it is to read a novel with a real hero in it–and a real hero he is." –
John Irving
