"Gogol's prose works feature a fiendishly complex narrative structure. In his engaging new versions, Oliver Ready deploys a rich vocabulary. . . . Along the way, there is much to savour." –
Times Literary Supplement "I wish I had written the story 'The Overcoat'. The sensibility of that story is perfect . . . spontaneous and funny and also formally very experimental" - George Saunders
"One of the most profound, and influential, writers Russia has ever produced, he is also probably the funniest" -
Guardian "The greatest artist that Russia has yet produced" - Vladimir Nabokov