'Hill is an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift.' -- The Mail on Sunday 'Few writers in the genre today have Hill's gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace.' -- The Sunday Times 'The fertility of Hill's imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight.' -- The Sunday Express