'Extraordinary' Daily Mail
'Subtle, clever and affecting' Independent on Sunday
'A homage to ordinary people and ordinary things, to the parts of our lives that often go unspoken ... moving and honest' The Times
'A book about the search for greater meaning in the strange dance of chance' Independent
'McGregor's meticulous syntax melts into a hot flood of words ... An intimate tale with penetrating things to say about the wider history of twentieth-century Britain' Sunday Times
'An absorbing and unexpectedly uplifting novel ... It will leave you thinking long after you have put the book away on the shelf' Irish Independent
'A close reading of ordinary lives ... tender and often
beautifully poetic' Stephanie Merritt, Observer
'Both compelling and convincing. A deeply rewarding read, serious and often beautiful' Good Book Guide
'McGregor is a brilliant prose stylist, and here he excels at
making the provincial and the ordinary seem extraordinary' Sunday Times
'This is a wonderful novel; low-key but beautifully paced,
scattered with extraordinarily intense moments' Independent on Sunday
'This is an unforgettable novel' Daily Telegraph
