«This is a truly exquisite novel... It is moving, clever and written wry precision... As much as the narrator is haunted, the reader will be haunted»

Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

«Gainza weaves a fascinating, often confounding story about beauty, obsession and authenticity... Gainza is sharp, modern and playful, a writer who multiples the possibilities of fiction»

Johanna Thomas-Corr, Observer

«A richly detailed detective novel of sorts that explores authenticity and the distance between the way things appear and they way they really are»

Chiara Rimella, Monocle

«Dazzling... [a] clever novel that explores the gap between what's remembered and what's real»

Chloë Ashby, Spectator

«'Vividly detailed and saturated with intricate feeling, Gainza's novel is an engrossing exploration of authenticity, obsession, and the enveloping allure of art'»

Alexandra Kleeman, author of SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN