Full of the energies of discord - sibling rivalry, greed, ambition, illicit sexual passion, and vanity

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire

Jane Austen at her most genteelly ascerbic

Austen looks at her world with a cool, undressing gaze...she is a formidable opponent of hypocrisy and sentimentality

Dickens's magnificent account of the revolution and one of his best (and shortest) novels

A fast-paced novel with a gripping plot

Stourton is a name to watch

Beautifully crafted...a compelling debut of youthful daring. His quietly poetic prose is charming, and there's real warmth and depth here in his explorations of friendship and guilt

Part nostalgic reverie, part taut little thriller, it makes for a promising debut