The book is beautifully produced [...]. No doubt those who edited and contributed to this magnificient book, and have already done so much to ensure that Hogg is no longer a second-tier author.
- Antony Hasler, Studies in Hogg and his World: Number 23, 2013
This Companion covers [Hogg’s] entire career, and…should do much to broaden awareness of what a complex, fascinating writer Hogg was…[it] sent me back to Hogg with fresh eyes and a sharper mind
- Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman
With this volume, edited by the late Douglas Mack (whose work launched the great Hogg edition) and Ian Duncan, the firepower of the critics ensures that Hogg is given a thorough re-evaluation, with critial guidance, with further reading, and with (in Gillian Hughes' elegant coda) a quick tour of the effect Hogg has had on recent Scottish writing.
- Ian Campbell, University of Edinburgh Journal, XLV, No 4
With this volume, edited by the late Douglas Mack (whose work launched the great Hogg edition) and Ian Duncan, the firepower of the critics ensures that Hogg is given a thorough re-evaluation, with critial guidance, with further reading, and with (in Gillian Hughes' elegant coda) a quick tour of the effect Hogg has had on recent Scottish writing
- Ian Campbell, University of Edinburgh Journal, XLV, No 4