The most gloriously entertaining novel since THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
A.N. Wilson, SPECTATOR
I read this book in a delirium of delight...robust and full-bodied, a wise and mature work, and a brilliantly mischievous one
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Unflagging wit and inventiveness
TIME MAGAZINE
This is Muriel Spark in the splendid form of those marvellous and influential novels of her earlier career
THE TIMES