"Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in."

"He exhausts superlatives"

"Pure word music"

"The Everyman edition promises to be a splendid celebration of the divine Plum"

"The handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare"

"A handsome, collectable hardback edition"

In a literary world which is so often either relaxed into the flabby indifference of review-speak, or corseted into position with the strings and eyelets of critical jargon, James Wood's tone is invaluable

He is one of literature's true lovers, and his deeply felt, contentious essays are thrilling in their reach and moral seriousness

James Wood is an authentic literary critic, very rare in this bad time. One can dissent gently from his judgements but he is always urgent, lucid, and interesting

The mysteries are never tainted by explanation, merely beautifully described, delivering a hypnotic read

'For sheer love of a thumping narrative, the novel delivers gloriously-Inventive, alluring' David Mitchell

'Murakami's most addictive fix to date'

'Engrossing and wildly inventive'

Top marks. Fantastic

Lovely

Moving and intelligent

Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners

Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into