The Romantics looks to Flaubert's Sentimental Education, to E.M. Forster, to Turgenev. But it is the product of a distinctive and sharp intelligence -- Hilary Mantel A sensitive and introspective novel . . . a meditation on hope and failure. Mishra's evocations of Indian landscape and customs are vivid and thoughtful; his prose clean and unhampered and his descriptive passages to be savoured * Guardian * Contemporary India is brought to vigorous, thrumming life in the pages of The Romantics * Sunday Times * If you buy one literary novel this year, make sure it's this -- Amanda Craig * The Times * This bright new star is the real thing -- David Robson * Sunday Telegraph * [ A]n intriguing combination of casual grace and emotional intensity, peppered with discreet social comment on caste, class, sectarian strife, the state of the nation . . . a charming debut * The Independent * A work of art, a first novel of the highest achievement...a writer whose work will last. Read it and find yourself at the source of something great -- Candia McWilliam * Financial Times * A first novel of astonishing maturity * Daily Telegraph * [ An] extraordinary debut novel . . . a supernova * The Washington Post * Mishra's lyrical descriptions . . . and the depth of culture the region offers, is a haunting reminder of India's power to bewitch * Time Out *
