«The funniest and best-written novel I have seen for a very long time»

Auberon Waugh

«Malcolm Bradbury has come up with a novel that simply must be read»

Elizabeth Berridge, Daily Telegraph

«Grim wit, chill comedy and a fictional energy which is as imaginative as the tale is shocking»

A. S. Byatt

«Extremely witty . . . Bradbury writes brilliantly»

New York Times

«Very funny . . . a quite ruthless satire»

Evening Standard

«Exhilarating . . . A book which captures for all time the spirit of an age»

Margaret Drabble