"One of the most important books ever written. On the third or fourth time of reading it engages you and still offers insights.,One of the most important books ever written. On the third or fourth time of reading it engages you and still offers insights."
"A heartbreakingly honest book about growing up in a Children's home in France, modern writes can only dream of the scope and impact of this important writer.,A heartbreakingly honest book about growing up in a Children's home in France, modern writes can"
"Unavoidably one of the best books ever written. Unmissable,painful and profound.,Unavoidably one of the best books ever written. Unmissable,painful and profound."
"A superbly well written book that shows Nabokov in his true light without the over pretension of a few of his novels. A gleaming diamond.,A superbly well written book that shows Nabokov in his true light without the over pretension of a few of his novels."
"It could be any one of Philp ROth's novels but this one makes you feel dirty and uncomfortable, enjoying the pain and suffering of the protaganist as he edges his way towards total degredation."
"Graham Greene leaves his normal Catholic Guilt on the sideline to write an enormously relevant book. I haven't seen the film yet but can't see how it can measure up to this understated masterpiece"
