A dizzyingly complicated, dazzlingly allusive, breathlessly exciting novel of adventure and detection
- Michael Kerrigan, Scotsman
A noir meta-fiction. Even a reader armed with a Latin dictionary and a copy of <i>The Three Musketeers</i> cannot anticipate the thrilling twists of this Escher-like mystery
New Yorker
A sophisticated and exciting intellectual game which brilliantly illustrates the sheer delight of fiction
- Stephanie Merritt, Daily Telegraph
A rip-roaring entertainment - tongue in cheek and sword in hand
Mail on Sunday