A book which is funny, moving, generous, brutal and intelligent, and which poses the ultimate question: what is life for? And that is as much as anyone could ask' Guardian
Jonathan Franzen has built a powerful novel out of the swarming consciousness of a marriage, a family, a whole culture Don DeLillo
'Impossible to dislike, an unpretentious page-turner' Zadie Smith
'Compelling. A pleasure from beginning to end. Franzen, in one leap, has put himself into the league of Updike and Roth.' Evening Standard
A novel of outstanding sympathy, wit, moral intelligence and pathos, a family saga told with stylistic brio and psychological and political insight. No British novelist is currently writing at this pitch Financial TimesPraise for Jonathan Franzen:
A literary genius for our time Guardian
Arguably Americas greatest living novelist Daily Telegraph
Franzen is that rare bird: a literary novelist of the highest distinction who has also become one of the bestsellers of the age Evening Standard
Franzens words crackle with wit humour and wisdom Shortlist
