"Intense and vital.ceaselessly compelling.superb" -- James Wood New Yorker "A masterpiece... Meticulously detailed, harrowing, oddly beautiful, its depiction of a family's disintegration is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I've read in years" -- Stuart Evers Observer, Books of the Year "The best book I read this year...full of artistic, moral and technical daring" -- Rachel Cusk Guardian, Books of the Year "This suburban epic, electrifying in candour and eloquence, feels streets ahead of the comparable Jonathan Franzen" -- Boyd Tonkin Independent, Books of the Year "Incredibly moving" -- Selina Guinness Irish Times, Books of the Year
