Paradise

“'The book sings its encapsulated pain with the effervescent energy of laughter' The Times ”

“'One of Britain's most iconoclastic and fiercely independent talents, a writer who repeatedly tests our expectations-Compelling, even consuming' Daily Telegraph ”

“'A brave and uncompromising book that lingers in the mind, Paradise is A. L. Kennedy on top form' Independent ”

“'This is a narrative that will not let the reader go-One of the most linguistically inventive and captivating British writers of the age' Observer ”

“'A stylist of the highest order' Financial Times ”

“'Gripping, stylistically consummate' Sunday Times ”

“'An unflinching book, elevated by the sublime quality of Kennedy's writing. Lacerating comedy is pitted against passages of sheer beauty' Independent on Sunday ”

“'Beautifully written...Her sharpest vision yet' Guardian ”

“'A truly superb novel-Often very funny, filled with sardonic one-liners that encapsulate the plight of the heavy drinker-An enormous pleasure to read...Simply brilliant' Scotland on Sunday”

“Kennedy's lyrical evocation of the mind of an alcoholic draws on, and slyly subverts, a long distinguished tradition of hard-drinking narratives in Scottish literature, from Alasdair Gray to Irving Welsh'”

LRB

“A.L. Kennedy's lyrical evocation of the mind of an alcoholic draws in, and slyly subverts, a long and distinguished tradition of hard-drinking narratives in Scottish Literature, from Alasdair Gray to Irvine Welsh.”

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