"An intelligent and addictive entertainment." –
The New York Times Book Review "Excellent ... A remarkably original and subtle book." –
The New York Review of Books "Julian Barnes [is] one of today's most rewarding writers." –
Chicago Tribune "[Barnes] is not merely a dazzling entertainer ... he is a no-nonsense moralist as well, and is as dexterous with the darker elements of betrayal and pain as with the farcical mechanics of love and clashing temperaments." –
The New Yorker "Funny, sad, faintly ominous...making jealousy tangible and dangerous." –
Spectator "Concise and witty about psychology, ideas and love, in all its many forms" –
The Times
