A strong and memorable novel

It strikes deep inside the heart...The story is clean, clear, straight, the work of a mature imagination at full power...here is a book that will be celebrated for a long time

This is a trule astonishing novel... I finished Life & Times of Michael K in a state of elation, for all the misery and suffering it contains. I cannot recommend it highly enough

Beautifully written in a strong, plain, unpretentious style...distinguished by grim humour and powerful understatement

The quality of Coetzee's writing lies in his inner vision: dark, passionately compassionate, concerned with the nature of man

'Masterful...the sheer weight of events carries you on...a cheerful whodunnit'

'An auspicious fiction début...engaging and enjoyable'

'A delicious tale of crime'

Full of Chippendale-style hidden compartments...her narrative is absolutely enchanting'

'An emotionally-wrought novel, in turn lyrical and violent, fable-like and gutsy, in which many of its characters are on a quest to find out who they really are'

'A claustrophobically tense novel, Wide Eyed combines Nicoll's profound love of the Scottish landscape and its people with a journalist's eye for topicality...a writer who intends to become as prominent a part of the literary landscape as the cliffs and mountains from which he draws his inspiration'