Savagely funny<i>... </i>Enormously entertaining
Sunday Times
A satirical masterpiece...it will come to be regarded as a classic
Daily Telegraph
A stunningly accomplished work, possibly his best yet
Financial Times
McEwan has succeeded in producing a novel that is both profoundly serious and hilariously funny
Mail on Sunday
Vivacious and sprawling, a beautifully and compellingly written novel
The Times
Wonderfully enjoyable... He shows a side to himself as a writer - a puckishness, a broadness of humour, an extravagance of style - that we haven't seen before
- Sam Leith, Spectator
From an early stage, McEwan's sumptuously textured language rested on a flair for finely engineered design
Independent
He's green and he should be read
Observer