Laurence Blair

Praise for Patria

Extraordinary … [t]his debut turns the familiar story of South America’s origins inside out … There’s something oneiric about South America in Blair’s storytelling; its broiling jungles, smothering cloud forests ...

Alex Diggins, The Telegraph

Blair argues that South America is overlooked by the rest of the world, especially Britain … His alternative history aims to redress this deficit … A vivid and wide-ranging account

Tom Robbins, Financial Times Books of the Year, 2024

Energetic and scholarly… Blair is an engaging and knowledgeable guide

Andreas Campomar, Critic

Extraordinary … [t]his debut turns the familiar story of South America’s origins inside out … There’s something oneiric about South America in Blair’s storytelling; its broiling jungles, smothering cloud forests ...

Alex Diggins, The Telegraph

Blair argues that South America is overlooked by the rest of the world, especially Britain … His alternative history aims to redress this deficit … A vivid and wide-ranging account

Tom Robbins, Financial Times Books of the Year, 2024

Energetic and scholarly… Blair is an engaging and knowledgeable guide

Andreas Campomar, Critic

Extraordinary … [t]his debut turns the familiar story of South America’s origins inside out … There’s something oneiric about South America in Blair’s storytelling; its broiling jungles, smothering cloud forests ...

Alex Diggins, The Telegraph

Blair argues that South America is overlooked by the rest of the world, especially Britain … His alternative history aims to redress this deficit … A vivid and wide-ranging account

Tom Robbins, Financial Times Books of the Year, 2024

Energetic and scholarly… Blair is an engaging and knowledgeable guide

Andreas Campomar, Critic

Books by Laurence Blair