"Don't miss the arch-decadent Enoch Soames and the fortunetelling A.V. Laider." –Michael Dirda,
Washington Post, List of 66 Favorite Books
"As a parodist, he is probably the finest in English." –W.H. Auden
"The most faultless of my contemporaries...I prefer
Seven Men to all his other books." –Bertrand Russell
"Not even a good comedy is so rare as genuine satire, and when an example of the latter is produced some indulgence in superlatives may be excused. In the case of [
Seven Men] it is difficult to restrain praise within the bounds of judgment, for its beneficent, limpid ridicule is an undiluted joy." –
The Spectator
