Warlight

- So finely are his sentences constructed that you find yourself holding your breath lest you inadvertently disturb their symmetry

Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph

[C]ompulsively and grippingly readable… Ondaatje is a marvelous writer, and Warlight is a novel which will continue to play in the reader’s imagination

Allan Massie, The Scotsman

[T]his elegiac novel combines the stealth of an espionage thriller with the irresolute shift of a memory play, purposefully full of fragments, loss and unfinished stories. Wonderful

Claire Allfree, Daily Mail

Warlight is a layered, precisely written, erudite meditation on the damage we do when we make war

Morag MacInnes, Tablet

Brilliant dramatic tale

Love it!

For the lyrical strength of the prose alone, a new Michael Ondaatje novel is always a treat

Irish Independent

Michael Ondaatje is at his best when writing about awkward, quiet types

A. S. H. Smyth, Spectator

Ondaatje’s prose is beautiful, and he successfully builds suspense and tension without seeming too heavy-handed

Ella Walker, Herald Scotland

Ondaatje’s prose is consistently illuminating. Warlight is a meditation on the purpose and possibilities of storytelling

Ben Masters, Literary Review

Warlight is a subtly thrilling story… It's a masterful book

Rachel Fellows, Esquire UK