RaveLondon Evening Standard (UK)Novels that dip into the lives of their characters every few years risk them seeming detached from the world or clumsily inserted into historical events. Drayton and Mackenzie, Alexander Starritt’s third novel about two mismatched friends, enters into their lives at intervals, and falls into neither of those traps ... Deft and engaging ... The heart of the book is a thoughtful study of male friendship ... By the end, the reader has formed much the same attachment to them both.
