"There are certain books we call great for want of a better term, that rise like monuments above the cemeteries of literature: "Clarissa Harlowe," "Great Expectations," "Ulysses." "The Rack" to my mind is one of this company." - Graham Greene
"A terrific book . . . a penetrating examination of the nature of suffering . . . to read it is in itself an experience." - "Time and Tide"
"Quite possibly a masterpiece." - "Irish Times"
"Book of the year if there ever was one." - V. S. Pritchett, "New Statesman"
"A work of sombre power, of soaring comedy." - Cyril Connolly, "Sunday...