A sad and hauntingly beautiful elegy for just about everything mortal

Few writers have the invention and skill to juxtapose within one novel so many diverse themes, mundane and sublime, savage and compassionate, held in a satisfying balance. He tosses time and space about in a net seeking to catch the eternal

The dilapidated regime Love and Garbage depicts is now of course on history's rubbish dump. One of those who helped to put it there is this writer

Let our novelists read Mr Baldwin and tremble. There is a whirlwind loose in the land

In Another Country, Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century

A perceptive, tears-trickling-down-the-side-of-your-nose-on-the-bus brilliant read

Moving and intelligent

A poignant tale of life, love and loss

Traditional, light-hearted romantic fiction at its best

Poignant and humorous

A buoyant tale that will have you laughing and crying from start to finish

The twists and turns in the plot will leave you dizzy

The story is original and the suspense is skilfully built. An infuriatingly enjoyable feel-good read

An engaging and original plot