Beneath its contemporary surface, this novel shimmers with blurred echoes-from Lewis Carroll, from 'Giselle' and 'Coppelia,' Harlequin and Punch.... It leaves behind it a flavor, pungent and unsettling
New York Times
She can glide from ancient to modern, from darkness to luminosity, from depravity to comedy without any hint of strain and without losing the elusive power of ... Read morethe original tales
The Times
Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night sky with her starry language
Observer
The boldest of English women writers
Lorna Sage
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