Wise Children is Angela Carter's best book. It deserves many prizes and, better than that, the affection of generations of readers

Inventive and brilliant

A funny, funny book, Wise Children is even better than Nights at the Circus. It deserves all the bouquets, diamonds and stage-door Johnnies it can get

Wonderful writing...there is not much fiction around that is as good as this

Delightful...this is rich prose which demands thought. It's also wickedly funny and a great read

Quite brilliant in every sense of the word

Over is a gripping page-turner... a hauntingly rewarding read

Each sentence is sculpted to perfection. Like so many of Forster's novels, it leaves behind a sense of something both absent and profound

One of the most impressive aspects of The Fates Will Find Their Way is how it summons up the elements of a suburban youth...Deeply felt...At its core it's about how children become adults.

Thirwell's novel elegantly portrays the ageing Haffner's thrilling attempts to escape from lovers, the mafia, his family and himself

The writing is polished and full of allusions