"a tour de force that crescendoes to its conclusion, reimagining the birth of Liberia in a way that is tender, humane and suffused with lyricism..."

"I was largely immune to its charms..."

"The more one reads the novel, we realise that what Holleran has given us is our very own queer (queerer?) Great Gatsby..."

"sensual but frustrating..."

"Niven Govinden’s novel shows the complexity of drag balls and queer life..."

"playful but unfocused..."

"Homeland isn’t in the same league as All for Nothing; few novels are...."

"who adroitly mashes up psychological thriller and satirical campus novel..."

"relatively gripping..."

"feels chillingly relevant in the age of Trump..."

"Miracles, myths and a mystical tour round India..."

"chilling..."

"rewards the attentive..."

"It would be no surprise to see his name on the Booker longlist..."

"The beautiful, sad story of a racist miscarriage of justice..."

"hugely entertaining..."

"the great procrastinator has finally produced a brilliant comic novel..."

"shine[s] with a dark Chekhovian comedy..."

"Laura Acampora’s debut novel, set in the Holywood bubble, is gripping and nuanced..."

"It would be a crime to give away anything more, but the end of this beautiful novel made me cry. Jones writes with intelligence and a lively wit, but there’s more — a warmth that forces you to care about these people as if you had met them...."

"An eccentric boarding school teacher becomes a media hate figure in a novel that sidesteps conventional thrills..."

"A Homeric meditation on the Spanish civil war examines how decent men were drawn to fascism..."

"a savage, blackly thrilling debut..."

"readers who enjoy something haunting, atmospheric and genuinely mysterious have a treat in store..."

"a true skin-crawler..."

"a fascinating British Asian spin on domestic noir..."

"carefully crafted..."

"Mick Herron is fast becoming the go-to author for British espionage..."

"immersive and highly enjoyable..."

"Claire McGlasson’s debut novel maps out the intriguing world of the Panacea Society..."

"playful and inventive novel..."

"an exuberant, entertaining read..."

"a fictional mathematical discovery is placed in the past and its ripple effects are carried forward..."

"The survival of hope through ingenuity..."