An enthralling and significant novel, authentic in its gritty documentary detail... This raw honesty, along with Michael Hofmann’s masterly translation... makes the book so contemporary and vital
- Rory MacLean, Financial Times
An astonishing novel, every bit as astonishing in a different way as Fallada's <i>Alone in Berlin</i>, and deserves to have the same success
Scotsman
The characters are engaging, and multidimensional. You care what happens to them
Wall Street Journal
Like a karate chop: hard and direct, but true
Der Spiegel
A real discovery
Literarische Welt