and should win a roomful of prizes. Jon McGregor writes plainly and exactly, like a poet, and
the precision of his writing makes every heartbeat register' Hilary Mantel, author of
The Mirror and the Light'A spectacular book ... It does what Jon McGregor does so well: examine the widening ripples of a single event.
I read it again, as soon as I'd finished'
Maggie O'Farrell, author of
Hamnet'
Opens as excitingly as any work of fiction I've recently read ... It's extraordinarily tense and atmospheric - and McGregor's prose is tight as a wire'
Telegraph'
Exceptional. ... So moving, and the use of language is remarkable.
I absolutely loved it' David Nicholls, author of
Sweet Sorrow'A genuinely fascinating book and a troubling, riveting reading experience.
A bold and masterful investigation into the weather system of the human mind' Max Porter, author of
The Death of Francis Bacon'A
genuine masterpiece: poised, multilayered and full of the most astonishingly beautiful prose' Alex Preston,
Observer'McGregor's precise, well-judged prose attests to both the power of language and to the havoc created by its loss'
Financial Times
