Author:Murray Bail
Thirteen Australian package tourists set off around the world on the holiday of a lifetime. But as they trawl from country to country, through cities and round ever more obscure museums they find nothing as they expect it, least of all themselves. Homesickness is an enchanting novel: a wry, witty look at the ways people interact, a catalogue of comic digressions and tantalising information in which the world becomes a museum with no exhibit more bizarre than human nature itself.
Bizarre, playful and hilarious
—— ObserverMurray Bail is the warmest and most quick-witted of storytellers
—— Michael OndaatjeIt's a pleasure simply to be immersed in Bail's caprice-prone mind
—— Michael Upchurch , New York TimesOne of Britain's most talented younger writers
—— Time OutIt has a lightness, a breadth... an impressive energy and a humane comedy... Entertaining and affecting
—— Times Literary SupplementWhy is he not spoken of in the same breath as Amis, Barnes and co? One of the best novels I have read this year
—— D. J. Taylor , Independent on SundayThe only bad thing about this novel is that it had to end
—— Sunday TelegraphBlazingly exciting... Harris, as Vesuvius explodes, gives full vent to his genius for thrilling narrative... pulse-rate-speeding masterpieces of suffocating suspense and searing action
—— Sunday TimesRobert Harris's Pompeii is his best yet: as explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history - Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Books of the Year'
—— Daily TelegraphBreakneck pace, constant jeopardy and subtle twists of plot... a blazing blockbuster
—— Daily MailHarris has done a tremendous job in evoking life in ancient Italy... I am lost in admiration at his energy and skill
—— Mail on SundayThe long drawn-out death agony of the two cities is brilliantly done. Explosive stuff indeed
—— Daily TelegraphGripping, topical and dauntingly intelligent
—— Sunday TimesA stunning novel... The subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the end
—— The TimesA whole community, buried in volcanic ash 2000 years ago, has been brought to life... Stirring and absorbing
—— Sunday TelegraphA supremely good piece of storytelling, most impressively researched
—— The GuardianBritain’s leading thriller writer … Explosive stuff, indeed – and yes, it goes with a bang
—— Tom Holland , Daily TelegraphThe depth of the research in the book is staggering … Pompeii is indeed a blazing blockbuster
—— Simon Brett , Daily MailThe final 100 pages are terrific, as good as anything Harris has done ... Stirring and absorbing
—— David Robson , Sunday TelegraphPompeii by Robert Harris was another triumph … put together with the skill of a craftsman
—— David Robson , Sunday TelegraphRobert Harris's Pompeii is his best yet: as explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history
—— Simon Sebag Montefiore , Daily TelegraphMcCarthy's descriptions of nature and of the everyday details of the era are vivid, surprising and true. And while the writing is often beautiful and ornate, the story has a bracing, Beckett-like severity
—— Irish Times
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