Coetzee's vision goes to the nerve center of being

Its unflinching sense of loss, its claustrophobic acknowledgement of the unwilling interdependence of master and slave, and its subtle prose-style, make it an extraordinary achievement

His writing gives off whiffs of Conrad, of Nabokov, of Golding, of the Paul Theroux of The Mosquito Coast. But he is none of these, he is a harsh, compelling voice

Intense, clear and powerful. The promise, so brilliantly fulfilled in his later work, is clear in this earliest novel

[An] ultra-funny, ultra-detailed take on the mores and manners of the West London super-rich.

Slowly, devilishly roasts her characters in the flames of a hundred Diptyque scented candles.

A lot of fun along the way

Fast-paced, fizzy . . . fun beach reading.

Glorious fun

I just loved it. Lethally funny and so clever.

I ADORED it. It's the most fun I've had with a book in a long time, and I love how she writes - so many dazzling sentences and phrases.

Sparkling savage and remarkably sexy.

A wickedly funny, biting satire of Notting Hill's basement-digging class. My absolute guiltiest read this summer.

The Jane Austen of W11

An addictively funny read about the lives of the rich and richer. Four stars

Smart, pacy, and hysterically funny

This provocative debut explores whether monogamy is all it’s cracked up to be

Witty, sparkling and a dissection of monogamy and happiness... Entertaining

Here is a heroine who scores a solid ten on the sass-o-meter, and she made the whole reading experience a hoot… Guilt-free fun with this deliciously rampant romp.