"Ali Smith has got style, ideas and punch. Read her." –Jeanette Winterson
"One of Britain's major talents. . . . Startlingly accomplished." –
The Atlantic Monthly "A joy to read." –
Sunday Times (London)
"Smith is a gifted and meticulous architect of character and voice." –
The Washington Post "She's street-savvy and poignant at once. . . . There's a kind of stainless steel clarity at the center of her fiction." –
The Boston Globe "Smith proves herself an experimental writer even your mother could love." –
Elle