Review
A young writer with talent to burn. -- Independent, Emma Hagestadt
Told with quiet, characterful poise, the novel succeeds in evoking not only Australia's epic geographical landscape, but its literary terrain. -- Daily Mail, Hephzibah Anderson
This is a highly accomplished first novel. -- The Lady, Book Reviews, Susan Hill
[Wyld] has a clean, clear prose style which is exactly right in the service if her story. -- The Lady, Book Reviews, Susan Hill
The best ear for dialogue in a long time.
-- The Lady, Book Reviews, Susan Hill
"Sometimes, a book is so complete, compelling and potent, that you are fearful of breaking its hold. This is one." --Daily Mail
"A talent to watch" --The Telegraph
"This superb first novel is about fathers and sons, and the forces that turn men brutish." --The Times
"A fiercely assured debut" --The Metro
"Wyld has a feel both for beauty and for the ugliness of inherited pain." --The New Yorker
"Wyld is a languorous writer with great skill in characterisation. This, her debut, will delight many." --The Telegraph
"This is a sad and lovely novel from a talented new writer." --The Observer
"A terrifically self-assured debut...a cauterising, cleansing tale, told with muscular writing." --The Guardian
"Mesmerising...this adroit examination of loss, lostness and trauma is the beginning of great things." --The Independent
"In pith, crystal-sharp prose... a compelling read that uses the Australian landscape to mirror its characters' equally unforgiving emotional terrain."
--Financial Times
"Uniting disparate narratives.. Wyld's brisk, atmospheric style....her fascination with men who commit appalling acts, but are not appalling people" --TLS
"This is a young writer with talent to burn" --The Independent
"An assured and astonishing debut novel" --dovegreyreader
"Wyld sympathetically explores the blight of war and violence on three generations of a working-class Australian family." --New Statesman
"Astonishingly assured...a stunning work from a brilliant new voice." --Esquire
"Creepy but gripping, it's also a novel with a twist that doesn't undermine everything that came before." --Elle magazine
"A jewel of a book." --Grazia Magazine UK
"this is a young writer with talent to burn" --The Independent
"Quiet, characterful poise, the novel succeeds in evoking not only Australia's epic geographical landscape, but its literary terrain too" --Daily Mail
"This is a highly accomplished first novel" --The Lady
`Wyld's debut novel dissects the misery that seeps inexorably from one generation to the next' -- Guardian
`Wyld can write very well, in a vivid descriptive style reminiscent of Tim Winton's.' -- The Times
`Wyld's superb skills at portraying a hot, dusty landscape and her psychological insight will pull you inexorably in.'
--Psychologies
Superb assured first novel about fathers and sons. Pitch-perfect prose.
--Woman & Home
Review
'Intense. Wyld is an absolutely brilliant prose writer. The first chapter is so acute, poetic but not self-consciously literary and all in service to the characters. A fantastically-written novel. But gripping, it works almost as a mystery. Incredibly realistic about men and the trouble they have expressing themselves. - Boyd Hilton, BBC Radio 5 Live
Splendid. There's a point where you realise if you're confident in a writer. For me it was page five. From that point on, I knew I would go anywhere with this author. The book has an incredible, quiet confidence in its own prose. It never raises its voice. I just ate it up. There were two brilliant Australian novels I read this year by Tim Winton and Steve Toltz, which got a huge amount of attention. This is equally good. A masterful piece of writing.- Joel Morris, BBC Radio 5 live
