The mountain and its ferocious weather are brilliantly described

Another gripping mountaineering epic, but also much more than that, a fine, poetically written meditation on love, loss and redemption

The familiar Simpsonian territory of guilt, survival and loss against a background of elemental terror and beauty

Arresting

The tale is deftly woven with an air of immediacy and a visceral, intimate feel, drawing heavily on Simpson's mountaineering experiences

Many readers will be amazed that Watson has written such an accomplished debut straight out of university, but his age is irrelevant; this is simply a great novel, full stop

A gripping, knowing and desperately sad mock memoir-provincial life hasn't been this well chronicled since Jonathan Coe. Bullet Points stays, appropriately, in the mind for some time

Stands with the best of contemporary historical fiction...you can practically taste the rotgut and feel the sawdust under your boots. Missy is a spectacular debut: the West has never been this wild.

Treating ourselves to sex, drugs and murder as we hang the do-not-disturb sign on the door and settle down on the comfiest sofa with playwright Chris Hanna's debut 'Missy' (due out in pb from Vintage). Who knew the Wild West could be so much fun?

Taut and credible [dialogue]...I have sat on the judging panels of two novel prizes, and I have to say that this book is far better written than many of the efforts I had to wade through. I would like to congratulate the author on a fine piece of work, and look forward to reading his next offering.

Sex, drugs and barroom brawls - only an ungrateful reader could want more.' Or 'Missy is a ripsnorting, bawdy success with a wonderfully sympathetic heroine who is a winning mix of worldliness and self-delusion.

Narrated by a classic and irrepressible anti-heroine, Missy is an enjoyable romp through the real Old West...a very impressive debut novel

Dol is never less than convincing as a character, and has deservedly drawn comparisons with literary predecessors such as Thackeray's Becky Sharp and Defoe's Moll Flanders. Hannan's great skill is to make her both difficult and likeable, and the reader will devour this book in a matter of hours simply to find out what befalls her

Strong and memorable female characters throughout this enjoyable novel

Described as 'Deadwood meets Moll Flanders', Hannan's story is told by the vivacious, smart, streetwise Dol McQueen'.Another wonderful debut novel...I can't recommend this book highly enough, or Hannan's earthy, vital creation

Bodice-ripping romp through the West

Missy by Strong and memorable female characters throughout this enjoyable novel