"Stunningly beautiful and deeply moving." - Simon Schama
"The perfect Tremain novel . . . . English, dark, and yearning . . . . Remarkable . . . . [Tremain shows] us the things that make every human life extraordinary." - The Times (UK)
"Funny, piercing, and singular . . . this gorgeous, pitch-perfect novel is a world unto itself . . . . It's powerful, too . . . . I can't fathom the reason why you wouldn't rush straight out to buy it." - The Observer (UK)
"This is a book about the comic, painful, life-long search for human understanding. Not a word is wasted; not a phrase trite. It is mesmerizing, masterly, and profoundly moving." - Financial Times
