In writing for more than two decades, this percipient novel of the Victorian era is also a scathing indictment of its values. Butler (to use Tennyson’s phrase) is a Lord of Language.

A fondly nostalgic look back at the trial and tribulations of a mining community in Wales at the turn of the last century. The lyrical language adds to the emotional power of the novel.

This enigmatic novel, set in pre-war London and written in a style that is mordacious and degage at the same time, is an astute commentary on the failures of the modern society.

The the best of the Bandini Quartet, the novel tells the story of the vicissitudes of the mental processes of a young writer. Outrageous, bizarre, and extremely funny.

Impetuous, scabrously funny and, at times, heart-wrenchingly melancholy, the novel is a landmark in modern Jewish American literature.

A dazzling comedy of hidden vanities. I can’t put it better than Anthony Burgess: 'One knew, sourly, that his book was going to be funny; one did not see how it could be so continuously funny...’

A highly stylistic, poignant, and compassionate work of art, a story of betrayal of hopes, the novel can be enjoyed at several levels. A masterpiece.

A telling commentary on the cultural chaos and the crisis of communication. Written in the 1960s the themes of this moody novel with its apocalyptic undertones are relevant even today.

Endlessly inventive, breathtaking in its scope, and adorned with luminescent language, this is a work of the highest order.

A brilliant novel that is precisely plotted and beautifully paced. It is vivid, multidimensional and brilliantly written. A work of a writer at the zenith of his powers.

Atwood’s semi-autobiographical novel of girlhood trauma, secrets and shifting alliances is a riveting if eerie coming of age novel.

Set in an English community in Moscow at the turn of the last century, the novel is a brilliant comedy of manners characterised by gentle wit and an ambiguous conclusion. Thoroughly absorbing.

A powerful critique of the American culture, the novel powerfully evocates the confusion, despair, indignation of the young.