DBC Pierre - Lights Out in Wonderland

Financial Times“The book has an exhilarating Rabelaisian quality...” Books can intoxicate; this one is seeking to. And although at times one feels like a user whose grade-A stuff has been bulked out with too much phenacetin, whether the author is in cautionary or consolatory mood, this is still truly potent...

The Observer“Doomed to disturbed and heroic failure...” In the midst of Pierre's soupy plot you either sink or swim, clinging to vivid passing phrases, holding your breath for moments of minor revelation. His writing falls somewhere in a spectrum between William Burroughs and JP Donleavy...

The Independent“At moments, Pierre's writing is heady...” A mitigating factor may be the curse of the Booker prize, which appears to have hung over Pierre like a rain cloud, casting its shadow over whatever has followed his charismatic debut...

Scotsman“Pierre's style is pastel and flaccid...” It is perhaps an inherent risk in the whole endeavour that a book which attempts to describe the "entropic march towards insensate banality" should incarnate those qualities so perfectly...

The Telegraph“There are, along the way, some set pieces of lunatic brilliance...” Its impact is undeniable. The whole tottering edifice of Wonderland has many doors. They may open onto wonders or terrors; either way, it’s worth taking a look...

Publishers Weekly“Not yet reviewed”

Economist“Not yet reviewed”

The New Yorker“Not yet reviewed”

The New York Times“Not yet reviewed”

The Boston Globe“Not yet reviewed”