James' finest working of his preoccupation with the theme of innocence corrupted... James is the master of making what is not said the most important thing on the page

A brilliant social comedy seen wholly from a child’s point of view, this is a dazzling technical feat that, as always with James, deepens as it develops — like the life of the child herself. An exhilarating prelude to the great novels of his famous late phase

Contains some of his best comedy and some of his most melancholy insights...embodies everything that James excelled at in fiction

Henry James is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare is in the history of poetry

Perfect

An ugly little comedy

Part of the pleasure of reading Tom Sharpe lies in his cheerful penchant for anachronism and whimsy.

[a] rollicking plot

The funniest novel writing today

Every single one of her books is a great read

Staggeringly brilliant, literally unputdownable

Keeps you guessing until the very end - perfect summer read

Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly

The writing is beautiful: sometimes funny, sometimes sad but always compelling

Like drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic . . . a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing read

Riveting drama packed with suspense and secrets

Wise, honest, beautifully observed. One of the few writers I'll drop anything for

Straight-from-life characters, knife-sharp insight and almost unbearable suspense will have you racing through it

Perfect

A hell of a good book. Funny and scary

A cracking story cleverly told

Fascinating and compassionate