Review
'Every page holds a twist, while the prose is rich, but perfect in its control, and its calibration between the poetic and the exotic . . . readers might feel that they have reached the book equivalent of the Promised Land.' (The Times )
'It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book . . . It's like dipping into a leather-bound chronicle full of exciting legends and reminded me of the fathomless pleasure with which I used to read as a child. I was rapt.' (Daily Telegraph )
'From the opening sentence of this rip-roaring, swashbuckling yarn, you know you're in the hands of a master . . . That level of brio, invention and panache continues at breakneck pace throughout . . . smart, clever and stylish' (Scotland on Sunday )
'A rip-roaring ride of a novel' (Independent on Sunday )
'Intricate and exuberant . . . It's hard to resist its gathering momentum, not to mention the sheer headlong pleasure of Chabon's language.' (New York Times Book Review )
'a celebration of male friendship' (Sunday Telegraph )
'great fun' (Sunday Times )
'It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book . . . It's like dipping into a leather-bound chronicle full of exciting legends and reminded me of the fathomless pleasure with which I used to read as a child. I was rapt.' (Daily Telegraph )
'From the opening sentence of this rip-roaring, swashbuckling yarn, you know you're in the hands of a master . . . That level of brio, invention and panache continues at breakneck pace throughout . . . smart, clever and stylish' (Scotland on Sunday )
'A rip-roaring ride of a novel' (Independent on Sunday )
'Intricate and exuberant . . . It's hard to resist its gathering momentum, not to mention the sheer headlong pleasure of Chabon's language.' (New York Times Book Review )
'a celebration of male friendship' (Sunday Telegraph )
'great fun' (Sunday Times )
Daily Telegraph
'It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book...I loved it'
