«Preoccupied by varieties of sadness - but is so crisply written, with a deceptive simplicity and directness, that it feels full of affirmations»

Summer picks, Guardian

«Could well be one of the finest literary works published this year... Damon Galgut, among the finest living writers, has not only given life to a quiet enigma who suffered in love but looked at the inspiration and need that helped that enigma write six major novels.»

Irish Times

«Beautifully written and utterly compelling... A vivid, moving account of the man that makes you want to read all his books again.»

The Times

«Galgut is extremely good on Forster's anxieties, his loneliness, his unworldliness... The portrait is beautifully nuanced, a mixture of bold, colourful strokes and delicate little flicks of the brush.»

Sunday Times

«With insight and seemingly effortless fluidity, Mr Galgut has written a beautiful, and at times funny, novel that movingly captures the duality of one of Britain's most thoughtful authors.»

Economist

«Galgut has so seamlessly incorporated Forster's diaries, letters and novels into his narrative that it is often hard to tell which novelist is which.»

Daily Telegraph

«A masterly piece of fiction. Delicate and detailed.»

Daily Mail

«A beautifully imagined piece, getting deep inside the mind of a major English novelist.»

Mail on Sunday

«Galgut's gifts - of phrasing, of structure, of perception - are on faultless form in these pages... Arctic Summer is a masterpiece.»

Sunday Business Post

«How apt that Arctic Summer, a chronicle or a writer's longest journey to complete his masterpiece, also happens to be Galgut's finest book to date.»

The Herald (Scotland)