Owen Martell
Praise for Intermission
An introspective, original novel…It is hard to write about figures of recent history in a way that feels authentic and true, but Bill Evans is drawn here in all his quirkiness and mutability…This novel ...
Esi Edugyan, Guardian
This fine if elusive novel about a jazz giant echoes his art in both its style and its story-telling…A novel as oblique, elusive but quietly hypnotic as its hero’s own playing.
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
A sensitive depiction of an artist in mourning…A delicate and affecting work of fiction…[Martell] writes with elegant precision…Intermission is an impressive English-language debut ...
Financial Times
An introspective, original novel…It is hard to write about figures of recent history in a way that feels authentic and true, but Bill Evans is drawn here in all his quirkiness and mutability…This novel ...
Esi Edugyan, Guardian
This fine if elusive novel about a jazz giant echoes his art in both its style and its story-telling…A novel as oblique, elusive but quietly hypnotic as its hero’s own playing.
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
A sensitive depiction of an artist in mourning…A delicate and affecting work of fiction…[Martell] writes with elegant precision…Intermission is an impressive English-language debut ...
Financial Times
An introspective, original novel…It is hard to write about figures of recent history in a way that feels authentic and true, but Bill Evans is drawn here in all his quirkiness and mutability…This novel ...
Esi Edugyan, Guardian
This fine if elusive novel about a jazz giant echoes his art in both its style and its story-telling…A novel as oblique, elusive but quietly hypnotic as its hero’s own playing.
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
A sensitive depiction of an artist in mourning…A delicate and affecting work of fiction…[Martell] writes with elegant precision…Intermission is an impressive English-language debut ...
Financial Times