All the compulsion of a thriller... Once again the South African novelist returns to his great theme of a journey into the interior, physical and spiritual, which enables him to examine man's existence in a largely hostile universe
- Bel Mooney, The Times
Freshly, vividly and differently imagined as anything in his work to date
- John Higgins, Guardian
A moving, angry, exuberant journey into some of mankind's darkest dreams and the redemptive power of his most resilient hope
- A.L.Kennedy, Scotsman