The Birthday Party

Both a serious meditation on masculinity and commercial power...and a rollicking beach-read...fans of Karnezis will not be disappointed. Marco is a huge and splendidly flawed hero for a five-star novel

The Times

Such careful and subtle patterning confirms Karnezis as a novelist of unusual gifts

Financial Times

Karnezis's wise fable gestures towards a dawning era, in which vacuous yet powerful celebrity finds its ultimate apotheosis

Guardian

In prose as clear as the Mediterranean Sea...this is a richly detailed portrait of a man who could so easily have been sketched as a cartoon villain. It's a story about the power of stories themselves, and the countless ways we can all rewrite our pasts and twist our futures

Daily Mail

The reader grows to love his detestable characters and this, along with the way he takes the mundane and cranks it up into madness, is the secret of Karnezis' appeal

Independent on Sunday

As clever plotting and dramatic irony build a page-turning momentum, Timoleon engages sympathy even in the midst of his follies

Guardian

The reader is invited to strap themselves in and enjoy the ride. And what a scenic ride it is

Glasgow Herald