"(A) clear-eyed, wry, wise novel..."

"(A) haunting tale in unpretentious but persuasive prose..."

"this is a novel bursting with resilience and warmth..."

"a remarkable piece of writing..."

"Reeve’s latest novel continues to hold the reader’s attention ..."

"Jurjevics vividly conjures up the febrile atmosphere of a city in turmoil...."

"This overwhelming novel by ‘Iraq’s Irvine Welsh’ captures the alienation of people exiled by conflict..."

"the book is suffused not just with mere charm, but with the author’s genuine, and genuinely attractive, personality..."

"This largely faithful retelling of Trojan myth is genial enough, but has unsavoury aspects for the modern reader..."

"one of our finest contemporary novelists, of any genre..."

"Timely novel about a sudden, cataclysmic event that shocks the world..."

"Barba’s denouement still grips with the power of a thriller..."

"Hazzard is wonderfully attuned to subtle shifts in moods and feelings, particularly when writing dialogue, at which she excels..."

"This funny and inventive novel plays with American stereotypes about Asians,..."

" There is no shortage of sardonic humour here, a cosmopolitan range of sympathies, and a steely, visionary optimism...."

"Thomas McMullan’s debut novel portrays a vivid dystopia fuelled by sham democracy..."

"plot is lacking in both credibility and coherence..."

"an immersive and immensely powerful novel..."

"a suspenseful and spine-tingling page-turner..."

"Plot and chronology are less important than the mini-manifestos and rousing riffs..."

"Jonathan Coe’s usual cohort of fans may be bemused by the inconsistent style and tone..."

"This exquisitely written debut novel sizzles with cruelties and betrayals..."

"questions linger long after the final pages of this supremely intelligent collection..."

"O’Farrell’s remarkable novel about Shakespeare’s son is both painful and satisfying..."

"The Housing Lark affirms Selvon’s skill as a storyteller..."

"Harrison excels at evoking the deadened absurdity of the everyday. ..."

"Taylor has written an economical, patient and incisive examination of race relations in present-day America...."

"This poignant tale of a mismatched couple in turn-of-the-century Germany gives away its secrets too early..."

"The author of the teen books that inspired a smash hit TV show returns with a novel about the bumbling middle-class hang-ups of Brooklyn..."

"Things mankind was not supposed to know — the dark side of science..."

"Prepare for mansplaining littered with tedious verbal tics, which is oddly compelling to read..."

"Mieko Kawakami’s novel reads like two different books rather than two parts of the same story..."