A stunningly eloquent set of reflections on masculinity, domesticity and the artist's itch to escape

Compelling, rewarding, maddening...breathtaking

My favourite book of the year… He has the ability to make the small details of his life fascinating

Shocking and compulsive

This is a reading experience like no other. Fearless in its truth-telling and as real as life, it is an epic study of what it feels like to be alive

Ma’s work is a vital corrective and he writes here with insistent, focused anger

Ma Jian is a writer of rare originality whose work effortlessly combines a sense of the avant garde with uncomfortable humour, underpinned at all times by rage at the social changes that have affected China over the last 30 years

Keeps things fizzing along

An excellently plotted book boosted by some fine writing

Thorpe’s skill is with sharply observed characters… Taut and compelling

A well-written and exciting Boy’s Own tale for adults

Don Tillman is one of the most endearing, charming and fascinating literary characters I have met in a long time

Genuinely funny; you'll laugh out loud

I absolutely loved The Rosie Project -- original and clever, and perfectly written.The world is going to fall in love with Don and Rosie

A poignant, funny novel about how you don't find love; it finds you

Don Tillman will exasperate, delight and immerse you in a world so original, in a story so compelling, I defy you not to read through the night. Glorious

A very funny and touching love story

Adorable . . . Really funny and heart-warming, a gem of a book

If you like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time you'll love The Rosie Project

Written in a superbly pitch-perfect voice, The Rosie Project had me cheering for Don on every page. I'm madly in love with this book! Trust me, you will be, too

The best, most honestly told love story I've read in a long time

Marvellous. Don Tillman is as awkward and confusing a narrator as he is lovable and charming

Prime deck-chair material