High jinks, high living and hilarity
Sydney Morning Herald
His novels are comedies of bad manners; a Far-Eastern mash-up of Trollope, Austen and Gossip Girl.
Financial Review
Deliciously fun... Comic satire at its best.
Who Weekly
To be let loose into the decadent playground of the filthy rich offers the reader a heady taste of vicarious escapism. Yet to dismiss this book as merely a soulless lark would be a disservice to Kwan and his impeccable writing.
Sunday Age
His novels are the equivalent of a Bubble Tea concoction laced with Henry James extracts and Jackie Collins sprinkles - tracking a level of wealth that makes even Downton Abbey look more like Downton Arriviste.
The Daily Beast
Just as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice gave us insight into the English class system of the Regency era, Kevin Kwan uses biting social commentary to illuminate the lives of Asia's modern-day wealthy elite. Except he's 10 times funnier than Austen.
Herald Sun