Inheritance

One of our best and truest novelists

The Times

Enviably good

Louis de Bernières, Sunday Times

So full of surprises that even to start describing it you have to give a few away...compelling

Sunday Times

Utterly absorbing and enjoyable...a romance which moves with assurance from wild improbability to a reconciliation with things as they may truly be

Scotsman

Thoughtful and beautifully observed... Never predictable, this novel combines a remarkable narrative force with the lightest of touches. A book to savour and pass on

The Economist

A novel of scintillating brilliance... a modern myth of good and evil... Gripping

Metro

A tremendous and captivating writer

Independent

Completely riveting and very funny indeed. Shakespeare at his empathetic best, as he mines the fragile seam of our desire to be loved for who we are

Sunday Telegraph

A dissection of the emotional fissures that tear families apart

Mail on Sunday

A sort of historical treatise follows, one that is devoid of the kind of colourful details which abound in stereotypical lottery daydreams, but which nevertheless endears the reader to Andy and his cause, and sets up an enticing conclusion'

Sunday Business Post

The novel...is thoughtful and beautifully written, examining lost lives, chances and choices

Daily Mail