A remarkable novel. Witty, even cynical, observation leads to a conclusion profoundly moving. - Graham Greene
Read is undoubtedly one of the most talented novelists of our generation. - Francis King
[A] profoundly serious contemporary writer whose merits . . . are consistently underrated. - D. J. Taylor
All dark velvet and dry ice . . . If you are caught up by it, as I was, you will devour it at a single sitting and savor its resonances. - New York Times
Rare immaculately constructed work . . . so pleasurable you wish it would never end. - Evening...
A remarkable novel. Witty, even cynical, observation leads to a conclusion profoundly moving. - Graham Greene