The Sandglass

...[a] deeply melancholy and beautiful book... -- Time, Pico Iyer...there is no doubt that this is an important novel, and I would rather read it than many more timid works. It pesters, it cross-pollinates, it lingers. -- The New York Times Book Review, Jacqueline CareyA layered narrative tour de force. -- Publishing NewsA novel of true distinction...profoundly honest...beautifully and intimately evoked. -- Independent on SundayDelicate, poised, suffused with wry melancholy. -- The BooksellerIntricate and compelling...The Sri Lankan episodes are often Dickensian in their blend of comedy and menace, the English scenes are touched almost everywhere with lyricism and sensuousness....Deft and subtle. -- Times Literary SupplementOutstanding. -- The Observer[A] heartbreaking and exquisite novel, wise to both the tragedies and absurdities of the modern condition. -- Tom Beer, Salon, 1 October 1998