An American Ballard, using the tropes of science fiction to satirical and productively alienating effect

One of the first authentic and vital novels of the 21st century

A major novelist who seems to be hitting his peak

'Jimmy Mack . . . is the eloquent narrator of Gareth Creer's third novel and, to a familiar story of big money, death and deception, he brings a strange poetry . . . this is a curious novel, and perhaps rare for the genre in its sensitivity, merging as it does the romanticism of crime with a wonder for the world about us'

'Amid the devilish plot twists Creer makes room to flesh out his principals most satisfyingly, and establish a page-blurring pace which he underpins with a unique and oddly lush economy of language'

'In spite of its savage background, Creer's novel is rumbustiously entertaining . . . partly because Jimmy is an engaging and strangely innocent hero, and partly because of Creer's heady, Burgess-meets-Berkoff prose'

'Creer's sensitive and poised writing lifts the novel into a class of its own, closer to vintage Martin Amis than Rancid Aluminum . . . exquisitely raw in tone, with a sparse and timeless beauty'

Intensely moving. Both entertaining and deeply serious

An enjoyable, solid, gothic fantasy offering

Hugely enjoyable and highly recommended.

a literal fairytale romance which keeps you gripped until the very end.

A lovely book, beautiful to look at and a captivating story. Goodman has a superb way of drawing you into her world, the magic within is subtle, enchanting enough to weave a spell over the reader without causing you to suspend belief.