Its questioning hypnotic textures pay dividends. -- Metro
...skilfully realised, ambitious
--The Guardian
C inserts itself, slyly yet confidently, into the history of modernism... genuinely exciting and spookily beautiful...a new kind of joy --The Times
'A supercharged, fizzingly written Bildungsroman...the remix the novel has been crying out for' --Sunday Times
'Beautiful...a thrilling tale... an electric piece of writing which should be read and enjoyed as much as dissected and discussed' --Daily Telegraph
'Spellbinding...[McCarthy's] ideas produce the electrifying, spooked ambience of a modernist symphony' -- Daily Telegraph
'Truly impressive' --The Guardian
'Chilling and brilliant' --Financial Times
'The delights of C arise from its imaginative energy and bursts of mesmerising lyrical prose.' --New Statesman
`C is formidably well assembled, and it is admirable for an unashamed literary ambition' --Independent on Sunday
'C is unquestionably brilliant...This is a genuinely exciting and spookily beautiful book, a new kind of joy' --The Times
'One of the most brilliant books to have hit the shelves this year' --Telegraph
`C is formidably well assembled, and it is admirable for an unashamed literary ambition' --Independent on Sunday
'C is unquestionably brilliant...This is a genuinely exciting and spookily beautiful book, a new kind of joy. -' --The Times
`Tom McCarthy's latest novel is an intelligent, ambitious book which richly deserves its place on this year's Man Booker longlist.' --Telegraph
`Chilling and brilliant'
--Financial Times
`A narrative of energy, invention and intelligence begins to take shape: one that is at once dazzling and profoundly resonant...' --Guardian Review
`The strength of the novel is in the richness of McCarthy's intelligent, detailed research...' --Daily Mail
'...Builds into a breathless tour de force...combining the impetus, mystery and gale-force pandemonium of the age' --Time Out
`...C is a very good book indeed... McCarthy is one of the most intelligent and talented novelists of our generation.' -- Scotland on Sunday
`C...is not the impenetrable thesis (some) readers might have feared...' -- The Lady
`Whatever happens...a chain of events has been set in motion. Nothing and no one is going to stop it going...' -- TLS
"McCarthy is a richly gifted novelist" --Independent
'Tom McCarthy's C... a novel blazing with energy and, for all its postmodern ambitions, a rich, old-fashioned yarn' -- Financial Times, article by Rosie Blau