Great artistry, great virtuosity... great exuberance—New Statesman
The Bridge is serious, but playful; it is full of throwaway jokes, minor tangles for the reader/writer to sort out, political/cultural references to the kind of reality that rarely gets into British literature, and nuggets of surprising truth juxtaposed with outrageous lies... convincing in a way too little fantasy or mainstream literature is—City Limits
My week started off on a sour note with the news that novelist Iain M. Banks had passed away after a brief battle with cancer. That I knew it was coming did little to soften the blow: the prolific Scotsman, who published over 30 books, announced his diagnosis in April and, in a heartfelt letter, […]