...the charming Teacher series... Sheffield has an engaging writing style and is adept at bringing his characters to life

Howard Jacobson is one of the funniest writers alive…his writing pulsates with nerve and edge; it is colossal in comic precision

Howard Jacobson is one of the funniest writers around... It's hard to imagine a more entertaining book

A very funny, very intelligent novel... How many of Jacobson's contemporaries have described the male condition with such wry, unsparing honesty?

Brilliant and funny... No More Mr Nice Guy shows invention on every page, every paragraph. Jacobson is unique

Imbued with heartbreak, grace and humour, this novel made me walk taller for days.

One True Thing is a book about the very nature of love... and insight into the workings of the heart is what Anna Quindlen is so good at

Witty, profound... exhilarating

Fiercely compassionate and frank... conveys a world so out of kilter and so like ours that its readers are likely to feel both exhilarated and unnerved by its accuracy.

Provocative... we leave One True Thing stimulated and challenged, more thoughtful than when we began.