«Dazzling . . . A triumph of the imagination»

Anthony Doerr

«An engrossing, beautifully detailed, at times amazing (and shocking) novel . . . I loved this book.»

Paul Theroux

«Suspenseful . . . Yanagihara is a writer to marvel at.»

The New York Times

«A standout novel, a debut as thrilling as it is disturbing»

The Wall Street Journal

«Captivating and thoroughly unsettling»

Vogue

«The world Yanagihara conjures up, full of dark pockets of mystery, is magical.»

The Times

«Impossible to resist»

Daily Mail

«Absorbing, intelligent and uncompromising»

Independent

«Power and its abuses are at the heart of this richly imagined novel . . . In structure and subject, The People in the Trees pays tribute to Vladimir Nabokov's two masterpieces: Pale Fire and Lolita . . . Perina's voice – wry, superior, unthinkingly cruel – is one of the key triumphs of the book.»

Katie Kitamura, The Guardian