An enthralling and significant novel, authentic in its gritty documentary detail... This raw honesty, along with Michael Hofmann’s masterly translation... makes the book so contemporary and vital
Rory MacLean, Financial Times
An astonishing novel, every bit as astonishing in a different way as Fallada's Alone in Berlin, and deserves to have the same success
Scotsman
The characters are engaging, and multidimensional. You care what happens to them
Wall Street Journal
An enthralling and significant novel, authentic in its gritty documentary detail... This raw honesty, along with Michael Hofmann’s masterly translation... makes the book so contemporary and vital
Rory MacLean, Financial Times
An astonishing novel, every bit as astonishing in a different way as Fallada's Alone in Berlin, and deserves to have the same success
Scotsman
The characters are engaging, and multidimensional. You care what happens to them
Wall Street Journal
An enthralling and significant novel, authentic in its gritty documentary detail... This raw honesty, along with Michael Hofmann’s masterly translation... makes the book so contemporary and vital
Rory MacLean, Financial Times
An astonishing novel, every bit as astonishing in a different way as Fallada's Alone in Berlin, and deserves to have the same success
Scotsman
The characters are engaging, and multidimensional. You care what happens to them