Completion

Clever idea: Tim Walker’s adroit debut novel tells the story of a scattered London family through their relationship to their Highbury home. This is a story of the rampant property mania that dominates the national conversation and an acute satire on urban First World problems. It’s wittily done…Walker imagines himself equally confidently into the minds of a rich retiree, an expat mum and a Shoreditch hipster…So timely…Walker’s characters are fully fleshed…[and] there are lots of nice touches…This is a proper London novel, and properly good fun.

Evening Standard

[A] witty, shrewd family saga … Mercilessly well-observed.

Saga magazine

Very funny…Walker [has a] flair for scene-setting.

Guardian

Walker’s amusing first novel follows the quirky and engaging family on their lives away from home over 30 years…an enjoyable romp.

Daily Mail

Tim Walker's debut novel brims with wit and rich characterisation. It casts a sardonic gaze on hipster subculture, political idealism and our property-obsessed society…The four main plot strands are handled with skill…Completion is a warm and invigorating read, and highly recommended.

The List

A most impressive, assured and enjoyable debut.

James Kidd, Independent

[A] sharply written, shrewdly observed, satirically funny look at the middle-class obsession with property, the dream that has turned into a nightmare for a generation.

Herald

Completion threads satire through a territory every bit as cut-throat as the pioneers’ Wild West: the property market in contemporary London…Completion is lively and often hilarious…beautifully tart prose offers something to admire throughout.

Literary Review

[A] deliciously funny novel…Walker’s clever observations on materialism, parenting, love, friendship and even internet dating are piercingly accurate, but served up with a generous dollop of humour…Fluidly written, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, this debut from Walker is guaranteed to leave readers wanting more.

Press Association syndicated review

Completion is an entertaining debut about the way the property obsession has blinded many to the real value of people and families.

Independent on Sunday

A corker of a debut.

Valerie Grove, Standpoint

Completion is Tim Walker’s first novel, and a pleasing one at that, with strong characterisation and astute observations

The Tablet

Tim Walker's entertaining first novel gets to grips with our property obsessed times.

Independent

Completion is a witty, deftly-written portrait of a dysfunctional family in contemporary Britain. Revealing about the young: uncomfortably acute about their parents.

Spectator, Books of the Year