RaveIrish Times (IRE)Excellent ... A powerful exploration of the struggle to separate truth from the stories we want to believe. Dunthorne interrogates not just the omissions and self-deceptions in his great-grandfather’s memoir, but also his own complicated motivations for revisiting his familial past. A triumph of stylish prose, the book tackles dark subject matter with moral precision and a surprisingly keen sense of humour.
Julia Armfield
PositiveIrish Times (IRE)Atmospheric ... What makes Armfield’s apocalypse resonant (and relatable) is its banality. Her novelist’s eye is trained not on the social but on the psychological. The book’s most compelling insights are private ... Even if the considerable risks don’t always pay off, it’s impossible not to admire the ambition and daring of Julia Armfield’s hypnotic and deeply weird book.
