No novel burrowed deeper beneath my skin than The Untouchable . . . Prose of great elegance, applied to a sardonic narrative, created an atmosphere at once austere, chilling and utterly believable.
- John Coldstream, Daily Telegraph
Banville is the most intelligent and stylish novelist currently at work in English . . . the mien is austere and Victorian; the awareness, the ironic readings of the contemporary are razor-sharp.
- George Steiner, Observer
Brilliant displays of power and control . . . magnificently written and, in its exploration of inhumanity, startlingly humane.
- Alex Clark, Guardian