'Hoban's writing is always a delight -exhilarating and inventive ... a treat to read'

Daily Mail

'This novel has great charm and grace ... and the sense of master playfully at work'

New Statesmen

'There are 75 chapters in this short novel. They are almost like haiku, each evoking a mood, a taste or a recollection, developing repeated themes of memory and desire, form and emptiness ... It is tougher, stranger and cleverer than whimsy. Hoban writes wonderfully'

Sunday Times

'The writing is crisp, the dialogue sharp and offbeat'

The Times