Steve Tesich

Praise for Karoo

Karoo has all the ingredients of a truly great novel. Its plot has the pathos of a Greek tragedy and enough twists and turns to satisfy the most avid Raymond Chandler fan. The characters come alive as soon as they a ...

Literary Review

Utterly wonderful... This novel does supremely what novels were invented to do - it confronts the most unbearable sadness with a comic exhilaration that makes you almost pleased that life is tragic

Howard Jacobson

Mordantly funny, unexpectedly moving and brutally honest about the business of making movies

Richard E Grant

Karoo has all the ingredients of a truly great novel. Its plot has the pathos of a Greek tragedy and enough twists and turns to satisfy the most avid Raymond Chandler fan. The characters come alive as soon as they a ...

Literary Review

Utterly wonderful... This novel does supremely what novels were invented to do - it confronts the most unbearable sadness with a comic exhilaration that makes you almost pleased that life is tragic

Howard Jacobson

Mordantly funny, unexpectedly moving and brutally honest about the business of making movies

Richard E Grant

Karoo has all the ingredients of a truly great novel. Its plot has the pathos of a Greek tragedy and enough twists and turns to satisfy the most avid Raymond Chandler fan. The characters come alive as soon as they a ...

Literary Review

Utterly wonderful... This novel does supremely what novels were invented to do - it confronts the most unbearable sadness with a comic exhilaration that makes you almost pleased that life is tragic

Howard Jacobson

Mordantly funny, unexpectedly moving and brutally honest about the business of making movies

Richard E Grant