Review
British reviewers' praise for Charlotte Gray:
"It would take a mile-long essay to do justice to the many virtues of Sebastian Faulks's wonderful new novel. This riveting account of a young Scotswoman's odyssey through wartime London, and on into a perilous secret mission in Vichy France, deserves the highest praise. . . . Proustian cogitations, masterful narrative, and zestful pen portraits. A beautiful, near-masterpiece."--The Independent on Sunday
"One of the most impressive novelists of his generation . . . who is growing in authority with every book."
--Sunday Telegraph
"A worthy successor to Birdsong. It is hard to imagine anyone who enjoyed the last novel not finding great interest and pleasure in this one. In Charlotte, Faulks has created a wonderfully complex and engaging heroine, with whom it is hard not to fall a little in love."--Daily Express
"Faulks has the rare gift of being popular and literary at the same time. Its page-turning quality in no way undermines the darkness that it describes."--Literary Review
"Faulks is beyond doubt a master."--Financial Times
Praise for Birdsong:
"Overpowering and beautiful . . . A great novel."--Simon Schama, The New Yorker
"The ordinary superlatives do not suffice in this case. Birdsong moved me more profoundly than anything I've read in years. A deeply compassionate, utterly thrilling work by a master of the form."--Frank Conroy
"Worthy in every way of its honors and success . . . so powerful as to be almost unbearable."--George Garrett, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A contemporary novel that . . . earns a place on the shelf with true literature. . . . Superb storytelling andcraftsmanship."--People
"From the Hardcover edition."
Review
British reviewers' praise for Charlotte Gray:"It would take a mile-long essay to do justice to the many virtues of Sebastian Faulks's wonderful new novel. This riveting account of a young Scotswoman's odyssey through wartime London, and on into a perilous secret mission in Vichy France, deserves the highest praise. . . . Proustian cogitations, masterful narrative, and zestful pen portraits. A beautiful, near-masterpiece."--The Independent on Sunday
"One of the most impressive novelists of his generation . . . who is growing in authority with every book."
--Sunday Telegraph
"A worthy successor to Birdsong. It is hard to imagine anyone who enjoyed the last novel not finding great interest and pleasure in this one. In Charlotte, Faulks has created a wonderfully complex and engaging heroine, with whom it is hard not to fall a little in love."--Daily Express
"Faulks has the rare gift of being popular and literary at the same time. Its page-turning quality in no way undermines the darkness that it describes."--Literary Review
"Faulks is beyond doubt a master."--Financial Times
Praise for Birdsong:"Overpowering and beautiful . . . A great novel."--Simon Schama, The New Yorker
"The ordinary superlatives do not suffice in this case. Birdsong moved me more profoundly than anything I've read in years. A deeply compassionate, utterly thrilling work by a master of the form."--Frank Conroy
"Worthy in every way of its honors and success . . . so powerful as to be almost unbearable."--George Garrett, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A contemporary novel that . . . earns a place on the shelf with true literature. . . . Superb storytelling and craftsmanship."--People
From the Hardcover edition.
