Written with such <b>verve and energy</b> that it’s <b>hard to resist</b>

Emerald Street

One of our <b>most singular and inventive contemporary voices</b>. The great joy of Oyeyemi's work is its <b>sense of complete freedom</b> . . . when the quality of the writing - and the scope of the imagination - is this good, it's hard not to be swept away . . . There is much to revel in here:<b> Oyeyemi's inventions are as surprising and as deft as her modern-mythic prose style</b> . . . Oyeyemi's sentences c<b>ontinually sparkle with viciously precise humour</b> . . . <i>Gingerbread </i>is <b>delicious</b>

- Stuart Evers, Spectator

Her sentences are <b>like grabbing onto the tail of a vibrant, living creature</b> without knowing what you’ll find at the other end. It’s <b>absolutely exhilarating </b>. . . Fans of Oyeyemi's will expect an<b> electric, genre-defying</b> style, and won't be disappointed. New readers should prepare to be dizzied . . . <i>Gingerbread</i> is <b>jarring, funny, surprising, unsettling, disorienting and rewarding</b>. It requires the reader to be quick-footed and alert. And by the end, it is clear what has grounded the story from the start - the <b>tender and troubling humanity of its characters</b> . . . This is <b>a wildly imagined, head-spinning, deeply intelligent novel</b>

- Eowyn Ivey, New York Times

Whimsical and mischievous, a modern-mythic romp that’s very clever (maybe at times too clever), often frustrating, always fun . . . <b>Oyeyemi is a delightful writer</b>

- Francesca Carington, Daily Telegraph

The sly elegance and surrealism of Oyeyemi's writing weave a spell around a story that once again concerns adolescent wounds, misplaced love and family lies

- Amanda Craig, Literary Review

<b>Idiosyncratically brilliant</b>, she spins a tale about three generations of women and the gingerbread that is their curse and their legacy . . . This <b>fantastic and fantastical romp</b> is a <b>wonderful </b>addition to her formidable canon.

Publishers Weekly

<b>Oyeyemi's great skill is to interleave and interweave the fantastical and the political. </b>In this respect, she is akin to writers such as Téa Obrecht, Jenni Fagan and Naomi Alderman, who manage to make the eerie and the urgent close. <i>Gingerbread </i>is at one and the same time - like the double eyes - a reworking of fable and an incisive look at class, migration, exclusion and loss

- Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

Strange, <b>marvellously meandering</b> . . . <b>elegant and original</b>

Sunday Express

<b>One of the best writers alive today</b> . . . <i>Gingerbread </i>twists and modernises fairy tales . . . <b>magical </b>and also very <b>contemporary</b>

- <i>Stylist</i> Book Club pick of the week,

Like Harriet's ever-changeable recipe, Oyeyemi's novel is both "the kind your teeth snap into shards, and the kind your teeth sink into"

- Catherine Taylor, New Statesman

Oyeyemi’s novels are shadowy, elegant and head into entirely unexpected territory . . . Original and uncanny

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