Tomás Nevinson

The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature

Boston Globe

A Marías sentence is a place of infinite richness and surprises

Independent

A writer who loves the propulsiveness of the thriller, the page-turning compulsion that drives a reader through Eric Ambler or John le Carré

Financial Times

This is a spy thriller, but it reads like one transposed into music . . . Marías mesmerises us again and we are swept on by the long, powerful swells of his prose

Guardian

Mariás demonstrates why so many of his peers believe him to be among the greatest of contemporary novelists

The Herald

A Spanish literary great . . . His writing is fine and subtle

Le Monde

Javier Marías's writing doesn't resemble anyone else's. It's easy to parody, but impossible to imitate . . . Javier Marias was the best writer in Spain

Eduardo Mendoza

Marías occupied a reputational perch in Spanish culture that would be almost inconceivable for an American author . . . Most considered him the greatest living Spanish writer

New York Times

A meditation on thought and consciousness, identity and disguise, the gloriously rolling sentences offer the deep pleasures of a brilliant mind apprehending the world in real time

Guardian, '2023 Summer Reads'

The last word from a master . . . His writing is often thrilling in a way that's distinct from any other author I know . . . once you've been inside Marías' world, to spend too long outside is unbearable

The Sunday Times

Javier Marias’s farewell novel sees the late Spanish spellbinder leave us in a droll, delicious, thrillerish labyrinth

The Spectator 'Best Books of 2023'

How we will miss the late Javier Marías and his unique genre of slow-motion page-turners, blending thrillery plots with long, equivocating sentences . . . [Tomás Nevinson] is full of the complexities, comedy and most of all contradictions that define his work

Guardian, 'Best Translated Novels of 2023'