"Her style has the precision of John Updike's and the charm of Conan Doyle's… and her novel contains some of the most dazzling bits of description I have come across." --The New York Times Book Review
"…as tiresome a novel as you will meet in a day's march." --The Daily Telegraph
"Her style has the precision of John Updike's and the charm of Conan Doyle's… and her novel contains some of the most dazzling bits of description I have come across." --The New York Times Book Review
"…as tiresome a novel as you will meet in a day's march." --The Daily Telegraph