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'

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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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