- Published: 28 August 2014
- ISBN: 9780241961346
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
The Betrayers
- Published: 28 August 2014
- ISBN: 9780241961346
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
Gripping from the outset, as tightly structured as an intense theatrical experience, this is brilliant writing. Kotler - uncompromising and comprised - is a fascinating, provocative figure
Tom Rob Smith
A work of high moral seriousness dispatched with a gripping elegance . . . Bezmozgis's story of fallen saints and redeemed outcasts is, to put it plainly, the work of a great writer
Joshua Ferris, author of 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour'
Just when we think we've arrived at the heart of the story's moral complexity, Bezmozgis cuts again and lays bare yet another layer . . . one of the foremost writers of his generation
Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Halftime Walk
A compelling tale of reckoning. Bezmozgis is a smart, taut writer . . . His sentences make interesting turns; his dialogue bites; and he brings alive pre-revolutionary Crimea, with its glum post-Soviet citizens and purple Yalta onions for sale by the roadside
Financial Times
A moral thriller . . . Bezmozgis is a magician
Aleksandar Hemon, author of The Lazarus Project
Taut, fierce, forensically insightful . . . explores the frictions between goodness and kindness, public and private virtue, forgiveness and forgetting. Compulsive and profound
A D Miller, author of Snowdrops
Brilliant, deft depictions of love, of memory, of compassion - and, ultimately, despite its title, of loyalty
Edith Pearlman, author of Binocular Vision
A taut, slim book with a stately tone that makes it feel much larger . . . For [a] lively topical discussion of what it means to live a moral life, The Betrayers is just what the doctor ordered
Prospect
An impressive novel . . . Bezmozgis explores the dynamics of mercy, guilt and repentence
Sunday Times
A vivid novel . . . raising questions of integrity, compromise, identity and forgiveness
Guardian
A brave and ambitious novel . . . The Betrayers suggests that Bezmozgis may potentially be one of the most important writers of his generation
Independent
Compelling. Bezmozgis's deft plotting, atmospheric scene-setting and limpid style remain assured. Each page is a gem
Economist
Ambitious. Bezmozgis is a fine writer
Telegraph
An impressive novel . . . In unadorned prose, Bezmozgis explores the dynamics of mercy, guilt and repentence
Sunday Times