This is a ghost story unlike any other; in fact, 'ghost story' is entirely inadequate a description for this densely woven, occasionally cryptic, occasionally virtuosic novel ... Thomas Eloy Martinez was hailed on his death in 2010 as one of Argentina's most innovative writers. Recalling Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Paul Auster, this novel - elusive and resonant, satirical, surreal and moving - seems a fitting last testament
Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail
Limpidly translated by Frank Wynne ... a compassionate novel about the power of chimeras - of what we chose to see, of what we can bear to see - and the way grief clots when it is unsolved
Simon Willis, Economist
The posthumous publication of Purgatory shows a writer at the height of his craft, and is a fitting conclusion to the work of one of Latin America's most remarkable novelists
Alberto Manguel, Guardian
[A] moving exploration of the intangible nature of truth
Siobhan Murphy, Metro
[A] haunting and surreal depiction of the military dictatorship that gripped Argentina in the late 1970s ... Martinez questions the ideas of identity, geography, existence, and reality with fluid prose and finely detailed imagery that throws into relief the brutality and fear of this dark era
Publishers Weekly
Beautifully combines unsubtle, hard-hitting commentary on Argentine history with a touching ghost story about love, loss, and death
Booklist
A haunting tale of love and loss, told with precision
John O’Connell, Voyager
The author of the hugely successful Santa Evita has written another well-paced novel
Library Journal