"Atkinson's
finest novel to date. Indeed, it's one of the finest British novels, in
any genre, to have emerged for years...sharp and dexterous, subtle and
stylish, very funny and at time extraordinarily cutting...This is very
much a state of the nation novel - far sharper and more observant and
satirically understanding than anything else out there at the moment.
And yet Atkinson also gives us humanity, insight and entertainment...a
story that deserves to be read for decades to come." The Mirror
"As
ever, Atkinson's prose is diamond-cut to twinkle and slice by turns.
Her playful sense of humour dances round the darkness of her themes. She
skips through the difficult steps required to balance the reader's need
for satisfying (and surprising) resolution with a realist's view of
human nature and the messiness of real-life criminality." Daily Telegraph
Kate Atkinson lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, was named Whitbread Book of the Year in the U.K. in 1995, and was followed by Human Croquet, Emotionally Weird, Not the End of the World, Case Histories, One Good Turn, and When Will There Be Good News?
