Revolutionary Road: The literary discovery of the year... It's as brilliantly nuanced as Updike's Rabbit sequence, and as sad as anything by Fitzgerald

Yates is a master

A sharp sense of danger always crackles in the background whenever Anne Fine writes for adults

Subtle, nuanced, beguiling and often shocking.It will smash and grab your attention right from the start

Anne Fine's trademark bite is ever-present in this short, sharp and typically dark novel ... leavened with an acute sense of humour

Deploying both wit and daring, Fine pokes away at the cracks in our moral compass with the sharpest of pens

A moving, passionate tale of two people in love

Thanks to generous helpings of corruption, promiscuity, hedonism and celebrity, the Roman Empire feels startlingly modern

Elegant, transfixing character-driven historical fiction

Her narrative moves in sensuous leisure...the landscape is exquisitely realised

Dunmore vividly recreates ancient Roman society...with intricate detail and tormented love, it's a must-read

A big new book by a big new writer. Well done! Harkaway describes The Gone-Away World in words that whiz and ping like bullets ricocheting off the walls of the reader's mind. He's the real thing

A genuine panoramic, 3D, surround-sound, total-immersion, thrill-factor ten miracle - it is the kind of book that you just don't want to end! ... Engrossing, action-packed ... Very highly recommended