A splendid Dickensian sweep of a book
<i>Observer</i>
A decent and intelligent novel, one which can be read, and will be read, with a great deal of pleasure
Allan Massie, <i>Scotsman</i>
As a guide to media London, the novel is essential reading
T.J. Binyon, <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>
The very good Bragg has forced a complex contemporary plot to work magic
David Hughes, <i>Mail on Sunday</i>
Bragg has scarcely ever written better...A state of England message transfused by fiction
Tom Adair, <i>Scotland on Sunday</i>
Melvyn Bragg writes with a lyrical nostalgia which is as important to the novel as his energy
Penelope Fitzgerald, <i>Evening Standard</i>