Riverkeep is utterly engrossing. There are elements of Game of Thrones in the grittily realised violence; there is Gormenghast in the grotesque comedy; and it has the strange magic of Earthsea. The prose is by turns dense, sensuous, and funny, but never less than gripping. A superb debut novel

His usual seamless blend of the realistic and fantastic.

Two Years, Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights blends Arabian myth, history and sci-fi into a whirlwind fable.

Rollicking, lyrical and very enjoyable tale.

A powerful indictment of religious violence.

Great fun.

Sensational… it is unlike not only anything you may have read by Rushdie but by anyone anywhere.

The dark delights that spring from his imagination in this novel have a spellbinding energy that has marked the greatest storytellers since the days for Scheherazade.

Rushdie writes with a happy exuberance.

Vividly described and rich in mayhem.

Using fantasy as the “other”, Rushdie shows how swiftly local fears can swell into pandemonium in a future that isn’t so far away.

This profound and funny novel thrives on unresolved tensions between reality and magic, fact and fiction, philosophy and religion.

Rich, bejeweled narrative.

A glittering kaleidoscope of stories which creates a dazzling whole.

Rushdie is a generous, good-natured writer who’d rather woo and seduce his readers than reduce the truth to gall and brimstone and make them swallow it.

Fans should be satisfied and newcomers bemused, then enchanted, by the wordsmithery on show.

Two Years, Eight Months And Twenty-Eight Nights blends Arabian myth, history and sci-fi into a whirlwind of a fable.

A mesmerizing modern tale about worlds dangerously colliding, the monsters that are unleashed when reason recedes, and a beautiful testament to the power of love and humanity in chaotic times.

A festive treat… I know it will bring light, warmth and humour along with a playful understanding of the vagaries of human nature.

A joyous, fractured fairytale with a cast of thousands and a darkly glittering heart.

Will no doubt be read for generations to come.

Salman Rushdie described a battle between Islamic jinn for a 21st-century Earth.

An energetic return to form pitting reason against religious zeal

Magic realism squared […] the most madcap fun you’re likely to have in a book this year.

I love, love, love the Rushdie – I think it’s my favourite of his… The fantasy elements are just magical and, of course, it’s gorgeously written.

An apocalyptic battle between reason and unreason, good and evil, light and darkness, with all the bells and whistles of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Not only a beautifully written satire-as-fairytale but the subject matter is bang on trend… That Rushdie should still be writing so potently and still be continuing to push back the frontiers, when he could easily pull up a deck chair and languish on the frontiers he already owns is wonderful, inspirational and profoundly (but only in the best way) terrifying… 10/10, Master.

Ambitious, smart and dark fable that is full of rich and profound notions about human nature.

I like to think how many readers are going to admire the courage of this book, revel in its fierce colours, its boisterousness, humour and tremendous pizzazz, and take delight in its generosity of spirit.