"Ishiguro has written another masterpiece, a work that makes us feel afresh the beauty and fragility of our humanity...."

"an elegant novel that is as interested in the notion of hope and acceptance as it is in murder and revenge...."

"(a) highly inventine trilogy..."

"Buchanan offers astute social observation..."

"exhilarating, bleakly funny ..."

"(An) absorbing narrative..."

"Nolan’s headlong, fearless prose feels like salt wind on cracked lips...."

"There’s bravery as well as beauty here..."

"A promising but flawed Troubles tale..."

"funny and unsentimental..."

"This is a moving story of a mother battling addiction..."

"Contemporary fantasy, at its best, is both escapist and urgent: this does both admirably..."

"There is a shortage of novels that can make you both feel and think as this one does..."

"Lyrical storytelling of heart-wrenching events..."

"lively, intimate and packed with clever connections..."

"a considered meditation on the evil of celebrity and the demanding yet restorative power of theatre..."

"a quietly profound novel..."

"delivers a layered, gripping story..."

"a thoroughly immersive read which leaves the reader wondering how they would react if faced with such an unimaginable choice..."

"Spooky, chilling and claustrophobic..."

"...a taut two-hander that examines motherhood through the prism of a child’s abduction..."

" a chronicle of quiet survivals of the “common fate”..."

"a compelling read with a very dark heart indeed..."

"... beautifully descriptive, if occasionally clumsy..."

"Despite losing momentum as it progresses, this is a novel brimming with ideas and promise..."

"James deftly blends the older Catherine’s voice with the naive young Catherine of her memory..."

"her prose has a richness that adds extra depth to a familiar story..."