'A fine and profoundly intelligent novel, written by an author who balances big ideas with human emotion. Wistful, yearning and wise.'
- Elizabeth Day
'Faulks's most poignant love story yet.'
- Antony Beevor
'What we're reading on holiday.'
- The Times
'Sebastian Faulks' latest novel is beautifully written, shot through with a sense of the frailty of love that is at times reminiscent of William Faulkner's The Wild Palms... This is a superb novel.'
- Spectator
'A 5* masterpiece that I devoured in a day.'
- New Books Magazine