Alan Warner - The Stars in the Bright Sky

Financial Times“A surprisingly peppy sequel...” At heart, this entertaining comedy of manners is about social mobility. The book asks what’s lost and gained when people slip the bounds of the place in which they grew up. Warner handles the question with subtlety...

The Telegraph“Finely caught dialogue and wicked charm...” At times a dark and powerfully odd book. Most initially striking is the authorial register Warner adopts: an almost Martian tone that owes a great deal to J G Ballard’s technique of making strange the urban environment...

The Times“A book of contrasts...” The way that this middle-aged man manages to inhabit a gang of girls with such gusto and conviction is one of the small miracles of contemporary fiction, and Warner has done it once again...

The Independent“Like no other writer we have...” Warner insists that every individual has the capacity to touch the life of every other. The dialogue is so funny, their characters so immersive, their company so enjoyable that you worry the book is just flim-flam. It's not...

Guardian“Done with a deft touch...” You don't have to have read The Sopranos to make sense of The Stars in the Bright Sky, or to be instantly hooked by it. The novel is impressively impartial, not only in being non-judgmental but also in its even-handedness...

Economist“Not yet reviewed”

Scotsman“Not yet reviewed”

The New Yorker“Not yet reviewed”

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The Boston Globe“Not yet reviewed”