- Published: 1 April 2010
- ISBN: 9780099531937
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $19.99
The Rescue Man














- Published: 1 April 2010
- ISBN: 9780099531937
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $19.99
Thoughtful, beautifully observed and utterly compelling
Independent on Sunday
A fascinating novel - very moving and beautifully nuanced and observed - it beguiles with a tremendous slow-burning power
William Boyd
A real page-tuner
Mail on Sunday
Quinn has a cinematic eye for narrative scope ... Like all good novels this book tells us something new
Spectator
Tells the slowly unfolding story of Baines' journey of self-discovery with great subtlety
Sunday Times
A love letter to Liverpool ... ambitiously conceived ... [with] perfect pitch
Observer
a most impressive debut... This is an intelligent and well-paced novel...Quinn has a fine ear for language and penning original and shining similes
Doug Kemp, Historical Novels Review
An absorbing tribute to the city and its unsung heroes.
Holly Kyte, Sunday Telegraph
He [Anthony] hooks you in with his deep, complex characters; he meticulously sets the scene
www.thebookbag.co.uk
In a novel of cinematic denouements, Quinn has reclaimed an intriguing chapter of Liverpool's past
Emma Hagestadt, Independent
The narrative is elegantly constructed. The novel was deservedly shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott prize for new fiction.
Jean Hannah Edelstein, The Guardian