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Praise for Mountains of the Moon

A beautiful, strange novel about drab, dangerous lives. Kay's imagination is exuberant, her language musical and her narrative both fantastically intricate and structurally sound

Lucy Hughes-Hallett, New Statesman

A brilliant and sad book… The funniest book I’ve read in years.

Olivia Laing, New Statesman, Book of the Year

I think this will one day be considered a classic. It’s the gritty but tender tale of a damaged life, with prose that’s deft, quick and spirited, a plot that pulls like a freight train, and one of the ...

Samantha Harvey, author of ORBITAL, Week

A beautiful, strange novel about drab, dangerous lives. Kay's imagination is exuberant, her language musical and her narrative both fantastically intricate and structurally sound

Lucy Hughes-Hallett, New Statesman

A brilliant and sad book… The funniest book I’ve read in years.

Olivia Laing, New Statesman, Book of the Year

I think this will one day be considered a classic. It’s the gritty but tender tale of a damaged life, with prose that’s deft, quick and spirited, a plot that pulls like a freight train, and one of the ...

Samantha Harvey, author of ORBITAL, Week

A beautiful, strange novel about drab, dangerous lives. Kay's imagination is exuberant, her language musical and her narrative both fantastically intricate and structurally sound

Lucy Hughes-Hallett, New Statesman

A brilliant and sad book… The funniest book I’ve read in years.

Olivia Laing, New Statesman, Book of the Year

I think this will one day be considered a classic. It’s the gritty but tender tale of a damaged life, with prose that’s deft, quick and spirited, a plot that pulls like a freight train, and one of the ...

Samantha Harvey, author of ORBITAL, Week