<p>‘Richly entertaining … beautifully realised and very funny … A book [which] has the rare quality of being funny without being silly, serious without being solemn, and powerfully moving without being either sentimental or coercive’ Guardian</p>
<p>‘This is a magisterial novel, complex, sophisticated, filled with literary play … Impressive stuff from a serious talent’ Daily Mail</p>
<p>‘A sprawling family saga of moneyed New York, written in highly wrought prose replete with Updikean flourishes. We immediately identify Gilbert with Franzen and his realist forebears … There is much to admire in “& Sons”, it is ambitious and often beautiful’ Observer</p>
<p>‘Hugely energetic … engrossing and superbly done … His novel’s 400-plus pages zip by in a rush of accessible, highbrowish pleasure … [An] intelligent, enthralling novel’ Sunday Times</p>
<p>‘I was floored by the sparkle and brilliance … superbly written, wonderfully entertaining and often outrageously funny’ Times</p>
<p>‘[An] elegant, witty second novel … Gilbert’s stylistic gifts are beyond question, and the novel is rich in well-turned phrases … The novel is also very funny … At the heart of the book is a reunion of the Dyers, a scene as closely observed as anything in Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections” … This is a terrific social comedy’ Sunday Telegraph, Seven</p>
<p>‘A singularly brilliant novel … [which] marks David Gilbert out as a writer of exceptional talent’ Literary Review</p>
<p>‘A breathtaking work of a sweep that we rarely see over here tackling themes at the very heart of existence itself … a tour de force … This is a huge new talent on the scene. Greatness awaits’ Sunday Express</p>