'A blackly comic journey into the abyss . . . Beautifully written . . . Barry is a clarvoyant narrator of the male psyche and a consistent lyrical visionary . . . What distinguishes this book beyond its humour, terror and beauty of description is its moral perception . . . It is a plunging spiritual immersion into the parlous souls of wrongful men'
- Alan Warner, * Guardian *
'I devoured Night Boat to Tangier. I loved the potent truth of it all, drenched in damage and romance. The Barry turn of phrase is a true wonder of this world'
- Max Porter
'It's a Kevin Barry novel, so the brilliance is expected; everything else is a brilliant surprise'
- Roddy Doyle