The scale of Coetzee's reading makes most British criticism seem dully provincial

To read him on Kafka and on the deficiencies of the English translation of the work is to be put in touch with criticism at its most attentive and creative

This is exemplary writing - balanced, clear, direct and profound

'What is a Classic?'...is a marvellous essay, and the book is worth buying for it alone. Coetzee the critic is every bit as good as Coetzee the novelist

[An] ultra-funny, ultra-detailed take on the mores and manners of the West London super-rich.

Slowly, devilishly roasts her characters in the flames of a hundred Diptyque scented candles.

A lot of fun along the way

Fast-paced, fizzy . . . fun beach reading.

Glorious fun

I just loved it. Lethally funny and so clever.

I ADORED it. It's the most fun I've had with a book in a long time, and I love how she writes - so many dazzling sentences and phrases.

Sparkling savage and remarkably sexy.

A wickedly funny, biting satire of Notting Hill's basement-digging class. My absolute guiltiest read this summer.

The Jane Austen of W11

An addictively funny read about the lives of the rich and richer. Four stars