Lay the Favourite

Dark, wildly affectionate and very, very funny. It is a world filled with scoundrels, thieves and gamblers, where everyone is looking to somehow come out on top while doing what they love

Stephen Frears, director of High Fidelity and The Queen

Candid, smart, funny, wild and crazy

Elle

With its rich characters drawn in depth, this reads more like a novel than a memoir

Wall Street Journal

Seduced by her stories, we long for this strange, sleazy and alluring landscape

Los Angeles Times

Raymer's hilarious memoir ricochets through the gambling underworld, peopled with all manner of loveable wack-jobs, none of whom is quite as wacky - or loveable - as Raymer herself

Marie Claire

From Vegas to Rio, from the boxing ring to the stripper's pole, [meet] the sickest crew of action junkies since Roulettenburg... A kaleidoscope of high-testosterone debauchery

James McManus, author of 'Positively Fifth Street'

Raymer is sharp, quick and ballsy. You are caught up in the rush of her life

William Leith, Evening Standard

It's frank, unflinching and gritty, exposing with brutal honesty the world of high-stakes gambling experienced by the author at first hand

Bookbag

It’s a great true story, told with wit, candour and fizzing energy

Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday