El. knyga: Last Weekend

The fascination is horrible, the prose addictive, the situation magnificently claustrophobic, the denouement shocking -- Alan Taylor * Herald * Morrison has created far more than a sinister take on the country-house novel... This is a suspenseful thriller, but more importantly it succeeds as an exceedingly clever investigation into the strangeness of lies -- Christian House * Independent on Sunday * A compelling psychological thriller that, in parts, will cause you to actually flinch -- Ben Felsenberg * Metro * Delightfully twisted -- David Mills * Esquire * This is one achievement among several for Blake Morrison, who has written a novel that is at once artful and naturalistic, restrained and yet suggestive, and faithful to a perspective from which the readers wants to recoil -- Stephen Abell * Times Literary Supplement * The story is beautifully crafted, astutely observed and peopled with believable characters -- David Robson * Sunday Telegraph * Morrison handles the elements of his novel with impeccable control -- Stephanie Merritt * Observer * The fascination is horrible, the prose addictive, the situation magnificently claustrophobic, the denouement shocking * Glasgow Herald * An insidiously gripping tale * Country Life * This is a seriously good novel and it deserves to overtake a few more loudly trumpeted false favourites in the popularity and prize stakes * The Lady *