Slow Boat

‘A mesmerising work of literature’ Antony Beevor

‘For such a slim book to convey with such poignancy the extinction of a generation of “Great Europeans” is a triumph’ Sunday Telegraph

‘At a time of monetary crisis and political disorder… Zweig’s celebration of the brotherhood of peoples reminds us that there is another way’ The Nation

‘A genius of the short story’ Mark Lawson, Guardian

‘Smoothly intriguing narrative, with its touches of sinister, Patricia Highsmith-like menace’ Irish Times

‘Zweig’s fictional masterpiece’ Guardian

‘A book that suggests new ways of looking at the world and our place within it’ Sunday Telegraph

‘The novel is extremely funny but it is also sad and poignant, and almost incredibly clever’ Guardian

‘The World of Yesterday is one of the greatest memoirs of the twentieth century, as perfect in its evocation of the world Zweig loved, as it is in its portrayal of how that world was destroyed’ David Hare

‘A literary thriller that is used as a vehicle to explore big moral issues. I loved everything about it’ Daily Mail

‘One wild ride: a swirling helix of a family saga… a new writer as toe-curling as early Roth, as roomy as Franzen and as caustic as Houellebecq’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Just divine… makes you imagine the author has had private access to your own soul’ Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

‘Exceptional… cleverly done, and so mesmerising from the off… thought-provoking and energetic’ Big Issue

‘An epic of noble proportions… [Guerriero] is a mistress of the telling phrase or the revealing detail’ Spectator

‘Swashbuckling historical fiction’ Guardian

‘A beautiful, accomplished novel: as ambitious as it is generous, as moving as it is smart’ Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Guardian

‘Wry, ironically tinged and poignant… this is a fable for the twenty-first century’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Unique in form and effect… Nors has found a novel way of getting into the human heart’ Guardian

‘Beautiful and supremely touching… an unbearably poignant description of a world that no longer exists’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Beautifully evocative… a must-read novel’ Daily Mail

‘Wonderfully knotty… a very grown-up fantasy masquerading as quirky fable. Unexpected, thrilling and absurd’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Mortier has a poet’s eye for vibrant detail and prose to match… If this is a book of fragmentation, it is also a son’s moving tribute’ Observer

‘As gruesome as it is gripping… the writing is extraordinarily vivid… Highly recommended’ Independent

‘A romping good tale… Pretty sensational’ Big Issue

‘A monumental, phenomenal book’ De Morgen

‘A funny, moving and occasionally bizarre exploration of life’s upheavals and reversals’ Financial Times

‘Delicious and intriguing’ Daily Telegraph

‘Mesmerising… Seksik’s portrait of Zweig’s final months is dignified and tender’ Financial Times

‘This is writing of a quality rarely encountered… when you read Neuman’s beautiful novel, you realise a very high bar has been set’ Guardian