“ This is a wonderful book. Intelligent and subtle, it is exquisitely written with enormous warmth and depth of emotion… But what makes The Interestings exceptional is the precision and elegance of Wolitzer’s writing… This should be the novel to make Wolitzer a household name here too ”
Kate Mosse, The Times
“ Wolitzer is a writer of prodigious energy and detail, with the knack for comic-satirical perceptions of character and culture ”
Rachel Cusk, Guardian
“ A complex, cleverly interwoven analysis of the moment when the lives of six friends begin to unravel’ ”
Viv Groskop, Observer
“ Wolitzer has a knack for homing in on the kind of pretension-puncturing details that can sum up a minor character in a single sentence ”
Hepzibah Anderson, Daily Mail
“ Meg Wolitzer writes fluently about the American Dream and whether you should surrender your goals to reality in this wonderful novel ”
Stylist
“ I love Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings because it’s sprawling and beautifully written and it opens at a summer camp. It’s a truly great novel about friendship, and how it deepens and changes over the years ”
David Sedaris, Conde Nast Traveller
“ A breakout book ”
Allison Pearson
“ If you enjoy the introspective aspects of Virginia Woolf or the American modernity of Jennifer Egan, you’ll love this sweeping, tragicomic novel of ideas ”
Psychologies
“ One of those generation-defining America novels that tackles big historical issues ”
Marie Claire
“ Full of wit ”
Emerald Street
“ The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer’s writing are extraordinary and The Interestings brings her achievement, already so steadfast and remarkable, to an even higher level ”
Jeffrey Eugenides
“ The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer’s writing are extraordinary and The Interestings brings her achievement, already so steadfast and remarkable, to an even higher level ”
Jeffrey Eugenides
“ A wonderful novel, written with warmth and depth of emotion ”
Kate Mosse, The Times
“ This is an exhilarating, aerobatic, addictive novel ”
Claire Lowdon, Sunday Times
“ Meg Wolitzer’s best novel yet ”
William Leith, Evening Standard
“ The dreamy, criss-crossing narrative proves Wolitzer one of America’s most ingenious and important writers ”
Sunday Telegraph
“ An engrossing look at life’s twists and turns ”
Woman's Weekly
Paperback
9780099584094
April 1, 2014
Vintage
480 pages
EBook
9781448162260
August 8, 2013
Vintage Digital
480 pages
