David Mitchell
'A memorable writer of sinewy intelligence and rare grace'
Review
'A beautifully crafted, lyrical novel'
(Maggie O'Farrell,
Observer Books of the Year )
'Moving, memorable and beautifully written'
(Jessica Mann,
Sunday Telegraph )
'Deeply felt and vividly imagined'
(Lionel Shriver,
Daily Telegraph )
'Fresh and engaging . . . Some sentences and passages are crafted so beautifully and seemingly effortlessly that it provokes envy.'
(David Cornett,
Sunday Express )
'Quietly powerful . . . a fine piece of work'
(Stephen Knight,
Times Literary Supplement )
'His prose and the evocation of time and place are almost always of the highest order…he approaches the Second World War with a fresh and contemporary style, a gift that he shares with Kazuo Ishiguro'
(Russell Celyn Jones,
The Times )
'A scintillating instance of fictional imagination applied to history'
(Richard Eder,
New York Times )
'Impressive . . . a compelling story in itself, but Davies’s special skill lies in integrating conflicts that drive the narrative at a more intense level'
(Richard Gwyn,
Independent )
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