Harris's best so far, rapid and compelling in narrative, copious in detail, thoroughly researched but also, which is more important, thoroughly imagined... Irresistible

In Harris's hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one

Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised... Gripping and accomplished

A joy to read in every way, and as a mirror to the politics of our present age has no equal

Harris deploys the devices of the thriller writer to trace the perils and triumphs of Cicero's ascent ... A finely accomplished recreation of the power struggles of more than two millenniums ago

Fascinating … Imperium masterfully dramatises issues not only pertinent to a vanished world but to our own

Harris [is] a truly gifted, razor-sharp writer... Enormously
entertaining

Asunder exists with an intensity stronger than that of most novels. Reading it is absorbing and enlarging to the imagination

Set amidst the stillness of museums and the magic of indeterminate urban spaces, this is a subtly lyrical novel about the lasting seductions of art, the ubiquitous processes of decay -- and the surprising renewals that can come from these. Chloe Aridjis writes about sensations at the edges of perception, capturing experiences rarely included in fiction. A surprising sensibility and an effortlessly original voice

Marie, the narrator of this charming novel, has the ideal job for someone who likes a quiet life. She’s a guard at the National Gallery in London... but she’s starting to long for change. In a story this elegant, it had to be Paris where her shell will be cracked.

[A] fine, ghostly novel. Aridjis has admirably tight control over her themes throughout – fittingly, for a book about visual arts, its mise en scene feels meticulous – and this control permits the book to be discursive without ever feeling meandering. [A] wise and haunting book.

Lyrical and intense…lucid and captivating writing. Asunder is full of beautifully painted intricate detail yet also forms the canvas for an exploration of powerful wider themes

Eschewing a conventional narrative, this absorbing, episodic novel deceptively contains a crackling energy within its understated, artful prose

A dark tale, nicely turned

Chloe Aridjis’s anticipated follow-up to her debut, Book of Clouds, haunts and beguiles as much as its predecessor

Aridjis tells an improbable tale with enough details to give it authenticity, and to make her genuinely creepy story something thoughtful and original

This is an incredibly atmospheric novel, seen through the eyes of Marie, a consummate outsider

Aridjis is a fantastic new voice in fiction with a real gift for character and location

Set against London’s rain-soaked streets, it is an astute portrait of the alienation of urban life

A beautiful tale examining the processes of life

Eschewing a conventional narrative, this absorbing novel deceptively contains a crackling energy within its understated, artful prose