«A modern saga...she has a fine ear for words and a quick wit for absudities»

The Times

«An extraordinary imagination - witty, light-footed, realistic, yet with shooting insights into the nature of personality and love»

Financial Times

«Tender, funny, absorbing, idiosyncratic, truthful, heartening... A liberating novel. It deserves a wide readership»

Literary Review

«Mordant intelligence; formidable insight into the springs of human self-deception, self-aggrandisement and self-destruction; and an effortless, always vivid style»

Spectator

«Beautifully written and constructed... A rich and elegant achievement»

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