A masterwork...A superb book of unforgettable strength and glowing richness

A book of biblical intensity... With vivid insights into racial, religious and labour tensions, this is a terrifying lesson in US history – and a haunting tragedy

An extraordinary novel, one that burns ferociously with the great twinned fires of country and city that constitute America. Its opening pages are among the most striking I’ve read in recent years but so are its last. May this hard, beautiful story find the many new readers it deserves

It is a legitimate tragedy, our most unpretentious American masterpiece

The depth and power and stature of this enormous book are rare indeed in modern fiction

As engrossing as it is moving

A novel about social determinism, about the way that conformity and adaptation push against individualism… The Dollmaker has power and poignancy.

The Dollmaker has vividness and terrific reality. It is a book to make one think...a story of the strength of the human heart against bitter odds... Deeply sincere and moving

A heart-rending documentation of a turbulent time in American history. High time it was rediscovered

The Dollmaker's depiction of family life - the entangled bonds between parents and children, brothers and sisters - is unparalleled in modern fiction

Hame is a sweet and quaint novel, full of just-in-time revelations and obvious fondness.

Hame is an ambitious and multi-layered tome… McAfee’s attention to detail is remarkable. She covers great swathes of history and goes to enormous lengths to flesh out even minor characters… McAfee’s deadpan humour means much of the book is wryly amusing.

If Hame often comes over like a more cheerful version of a Sarah Moss novel, it’s also sneakily political at a time when a hard Brexit dangles the prospect of a Great British break-up… Be careful what you wish for – or at least how you wish for it – seems to be the message; but while Hame’s pivotal revelation first lands with the force of a raspberry blown in the face of nationalism, it’s typical of the novel’s generosity that it finally feels like more of a kiss.

A clever patchwork blanket of narratives… It’s very convincing, despite being entirely fictional.

Gorgeous

Partly a gentle satire and partly a genuine celebration of Scotland written by the London-born daughter of Scottish parents, Hame is written with wit and intelligence.