Light Over Liskeard

De Bernieres is a singular, cherishable voice

Mail on Sunday

The future might look bleak, but Bernière’s dystopia is replete with obscure charm, endearing personalities and flights of fantasy

SAGA, Book of the Month

Beguiling...Set in a jollier dystopia than the norm, it tells the tale of "Q", a cryptographer who takes refuge from the madding crowd in Cornwall

Observer

A knockabout satire with twists aplenty

Mail on Sunday

Heaps of old-fashioned adventure

The Times

In a career that began with a magic realism-inspired Latin American trilogy, took off with the historical romance Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, and has gone down such byways as Red Dog, a rather heartwarming tale of an Australian sheepdog, and Notwithstanding, a collection of determinedly eccentric stories of English village life, De Bernières has shown himself to be full of surprises, conjuring narratives of considerable charm and impressive sweep.

Guardian

A wonder worthy of Wyndham...wry, wise

Daily Mail

de Bernières has an undeniable talent for creating an achingly romantic affair from what may appear to be a mundane midlife crisis

Independent

Marked by de Bernieres’ customary light touch and wry humour...This quirky novel is timely... a feelgood story about friendship and love – vintage de Bernieres.

Daily Mirror

Funny, clever, and optimistic, Light Over Liskeard asks us to consider what really matters in life

Church Times

[A] heartwarming but also funny novel [that] makes us consider what we should hold precious in our short lives

Great British Life, *Books of the Year*