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"a magnificent tribute to both character and author..."

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"a romance for Brexit Britain..."

"This novel is so compelling it takes your breath away..."

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"brave, compassionate and beautifully written..."

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"a smart and breezy debut..."

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"the way that Houellebecq obsesses over and dissects the banalities of life that makes him so entertaining...."

"In this bravura performance, literary flair and cerebral sizzle winningly combine..."

"marks a welcome return for Jane Casey..."

"Hunter’s novel is a tour de force, providing one plot twist after another without losing sight of her characters’ vulnerable humanity...."

"a domestic drama and a disillusioned view of the American dream, all rooted in a wary post-9/11 world..."

"a chilling novel about people with dark secrets..."

"A brave, funny conclusion to an atypical trilogy..."

"A subtle debut foregrounds emotional intimacy in unconventional relationships..."

"this exquisitely controlled love story is all in the detail..."

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"[a] lyrical examination of identity..."

"Porter retains what was strong about its predecessor, and ditches most of the weaker parts..."

"In this novel-cum-memoir-cum-grand finale, the centenarian US author and friend of the beats takes a wild journey through his lifetime in literature..."