'What a great read this book is: Think Forever Amber skewed with an elegant noir twist and informed by a high literary intelligence. ... This absorbing, bawdy novel gives new meaning to the term costume drama. By all means, try it on for size.' – Washington Post
'Emma Donoghue's heady, colorful romp of a novel [is] almost impossible to resist.' – New York Times Book Review
'Absorbing, moving and intelligent... her writing is suffused with sensuality and sharp emotion.' – Times Literary Supplement
'A rock-solid novel of class conflict and desire.' – Now
'Donoghue has made of an 'obscure and brutal story' a compelling novel, her best to date, and a brilliant historical variant on the 'girl about town' novels that currently fill the bookshops.' – Financial Times