'Under the heat and the hammering of bombs, Rinaldi paints the essence of the Second World War in exciting miniature'

'Much to enjoy...Rinaldi has tremendous fun evoking the rich cultural pudding that was Malta in 1942, its weird combination of superstition, fatalism and grafted-on anglophilia, of ricotta and stiff upper lip'

'Funny, romantic, disturbing...A marvellous tapestry of war...Moving and satisfying'

'A beguiling, romantic story in an illuminating and surprising setting'

This is Elton at his best - mature, humane, and still a laugh a minute. At least

Only Ben Elton could combine uncomfortable questions about gender politics with a gripping, page-turning narrative and jokes that make you laugh out loud

A very funny book about a sensitive subject ... Ben Elton the writer might even be funniter than Ben Elton the comic

The selections from the greats are generous and well chosen