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You’re \u003cb\u003epropelled forward by the twists and turns \u003c\/b\u003eof the novel’s form, the conviction that Diaz has another trick up his sleeve * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eDiaz is a narrative genius whose work easily encompasses both a grand scope and the crisp and whiplike line. \u003ci\u003eTrust \u003c\/i\u003ebuilds its world and characters with subtle aplomb. \u003cb\u003eWhat a radiant, profound and moving novel\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharp and affecting .\u003c\/b\u003e . . In this \u003cb\u003eliterary Rubik’s Cube\u003c\/b\u003e, Diaz provides a viable, and \u003cb\u003ehugely entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e, argument that once a pen is put to paper an element of veracity is always lost. 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A work possessed of real power and purpose . . . It’s \u003cb\u003ea testament to Diaz’s cunning abilities as a writer\u003c\/b\u003e that you end his book thinking that – if truth is your goal – you might be better off relying on a novelist than a banker * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrust \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eglints with wonder and knowledge and mystery\u003c\/b\u003e. Its plotlines are as etched and surreal as Art Deco geometry, while inside that architecture are people who feel appallingly real.\u003cb\u003e This novel is very classical and very original\u003c\/b\u003e: Balzac would be proud, but so would Borges. -- Rachel Kushner, Man Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003erip-roaring, razor-sharp\u003c\/b\u003e dissection of capitalism, class, greed, and the meaning of money itself that also manages to be \u003cb\u003ea dazzling feat of storytelling\u003c\/b\u003e on its own terms . . .\u003cb\u003e Uniquely brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eexhilarating\u003c\/b\u003e . . . a novel for the ages. * Vogue *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImmaculate\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eTRUST \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ea work of assured virtuosity, lightly-worn wisdom, and immense impact\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat \u003cb\u003erare jewel of a book\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ejaw-dropping storytelling\u003c\/b\u003e against the backdrop of \u003cb\u003ebeautiful writing\u003c\/b\u003e. 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This \u003cb\u003eunquestionably smart and sophisticated novel \u003c\/b\u003enot only mirrors truth, but \u003cb\u003ehelps us to better understand the truth.\u003c\/b\u003e * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003eFor all its\u003cb\u003e elegant complexity and brilliant construction\u003c\/b\u003e, Diaz's novel is \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eA captivating tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e that will astound readers with its formal invention and contemporary relevance. -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003eDiaz's \u003ci\u003eTrust \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the wild power that narrative holds . . . over the economy, historiography, hierarchies, over a person's life, truth, over the reader. \u003cb\u003eA powerful, sinister tale in the form of a nesting doll\u003c\/b\u003e, around which the modern economy fashions larger and larger macho casings -- Caoilinn Hughes, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRich and prismatic . . . 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Three of her novels have received awards from Pakistan's Academy of Letters. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was named a\u003ci\u003e Granta\u003c\/i\u003e Best of Young British Novelist in 2013; she was also awarded a South Bank Arts Award in 2018. She grew up in Karachi and now lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@kamilashamsie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eOccasionally you know that one of the writers alive at the same time as you has written the book they were born to write … \u003ci\u003eHome Fire \u003c\/i\u003ehas lit a light that’ll never go out; Shamsie’s version of Antigone reveals the ancient tragedy we’re living now -- Ali Smith * Guardian, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eA modern retelling of Antigone set among a family divided by politics, love, and radicalism. In fewer than 300 pages, it managed to do all the things I want novels to do – tell me something about the world, give me a tiny glimpse into the otherness of others, and, most of all, give me that ache of longing as I turned the last page and realised I would never meet these characters again -- Tahmima Anam * Observer, Best Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eWhy do some people become radicalised? It’s a question I’ve explored with experts on-air, but perhaps fiction can provide greater insight. Kamila Shamsie’s powerful novel \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by Sophocles’s Antigone, did just that -- Martha Kearney * Observer, Best Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eI very much enjoyed and admired \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e by Kamila Shamsie, a politically and psychologically acute novel modelled on Sophocles’s Antigone – but reworked as the story of two British Muslim sisters and their jihadist brother -- Emily Wilson * New Statesman, 'Books of the Year' *\u003cbr\u003eI enjoyed Kamila Shamsie’s Man Booker-longlisted \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, which does a great job of bringing Sophocles’s Antigone into the world of Skype and Isis. Shamsie’s writing resonates on the human, political and lyrical plane but its topicality, tight plot and vivid characterisation also suggest a film script in the making -- Melissa Benn * New Statesman, 'Books of the Year' *\u003cbr\u003eSeeking a template for these dark and strange days many works have modernised Greek dramas … A particularly classy example was \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Kamila Shamsie relocates Antigone by Sophocles to Western and Eastern capitals during the “war on terror” -- Mark Lawson * New Statesman, Books of the Year 2017 *\u003cbr\u003eAnchors newsy debates in characters whose motives we would rather shrink from … \u003ci\u003eHome Fire \u003c\/i\u003epersuasively retold \u003ci\u003eAntigone \u003c\/i\u003eas the story of a teenage Londoner groomed to join Isil -- Anthony Cummins * Telegraph, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eThe fiery new novel by Kamila Shamsie, \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, which takes us from the suburban streets of Wembley to the killing grounds of Islamic State-ravaged Raqqa. Shamsie tackles issues of terrorism, political showboating and jihadi recruitment in London through the prism of a classic two-sides-of-the-track love story -- George Osborne * Evening Standard, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eHere comes Kamila Shamsie’s astonishing\u003ci\u003e Home Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, speaking ancient and brand-new truth to the world ... A novel so breathtaking in the calm and witty and unshowy and inexorable telling of its story that, as I was reading it, I kept finding myself not sitting on the sofa any more reading the book but somehow standing in the kitchen wondering why on earth I’d gone through to the kitchen, what for? And realising it was that I’d kept having to put the book I was reading down and leave the room, and as soon as I realised where I was and where I wasn’t, I was off, back to the grip of the book again ... The result is powerful, and in this making of a new home for the old story of the small girl who takes it upon herself to speak truth to power, she produces what I think you can truly call a contemporary classic -- Ali Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e left me awestruck, shaken, on the edge of my chair, filled with admiration for her courage and ambition. Recommended reading for prime ministers and presidents everywhere -- Peter Carey\u003cbr\u003eElegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world, tipping its hat to the same dilemma in the ancient one * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eTwo families’ fates are devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love? * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eBuilds to one of the most memorable final scenes I’ve read in a novel this century ... There is high, high music in the air at the end of \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e blazes with the kind of annihilating devastation that transcends grief * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eRetells \u003ci\u003eAntigone \u003c\/i\u003eagainst the backdrop of contemporary London, weaving a poignant and timely tale of two British Muslim families with differing ideas about loyalty to the state * Observer, Fiction to Look out for in 2017 *\u003cbr\u003eConflicts of loyalty in two British Muslim families unfold against a backdrop of religious fundamentalism – this is geopolitics made arrestingly personal * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eShamsie’s simple, lucid prose plays in perfect harmony with the heartbeat of modern times. \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e deftly reveals all the ways in which the political is as personal as the personal is political. No novel could be as timely -- Aminatta Forna\u003cbr\u003eA good novelist blurs the imaginary line between \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e; Kamila Shamsie is the rare writer who makes one forget there was ever such a thing as a line. \u003ci\u003eHome Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable novel, both timely and necessary -- Rabih Alameddine\u003cbr\u003eA searing novel about the choices people make for love, and for the place they call home -- Laila Lalami\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is longlisted for the Man Booker prize. It’s a worthy contender and one pays it the highest compliment one can pay fiction: it makes you think. 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Her prose is propulsive and unfailingly elegant, and her eye for detail is acute ... brave and brilliant novel -- Edmund Gordon * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eUrgent ... Shamsie expertly distils a vast socio-political landscape into human bodies -- Preti Taneja * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eOutstanding ... Shamsie tackles personal and political questions with a light touch and an acute sense of injustice ... What makes this intense novel so compelling is her lyricism -- Sarah A Smith * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eAn intelligent, thought-provoking and beautifully written novel about family, identity and divided loyalties, it elegantly echoes Sophocles’ \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e -- Simon Humphreys * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eKamila Shamsie’s heartrending seventh novel pits the political against the personal as a family’s love and loyalty are tested to the core … Shamsie brilliantly captures the desperation of the family and their efforts to bring Parvaiz home to London in a devastatingly good novel * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eThe ties of familial love are pulled taut in this beautiful book * Red *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best novels of the year ...  magnificent ... \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is insistently intelligent without becoming didactic ... conveyed in prose of stunning suppleness and economy ... \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is everything literary fiction should be – an exciting, beautiful, profound novel of lasting value that deserves laurels. 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She gives us indelible snapshots of southern California's haute bohemians, of surpassingly lovely high school ingenues and enviably tattooed Chicanas, of burnt-out rock stars in the Chateau Marmont.\u003c\/p\u003eAn autobiographical novel by Eve Babitz, iconic L.A. \"It Girl\" of the 60s and 70s, muse and lover of artists and rock-and-roll stars and, above all else, an unsparing and exuberant observer of an alluring cultural moment in The City of Angels. This confessional L.A. novel is a must-read for anyone who wants to know about 1960s counter culture in Southern California.  A legendary love letter to Los Angeles by the city's most charming daughter, complete with portraits of rock stars at Chateau Marmont, surfers in Santa Monica, prostitutes on sunset, and Eve's own beloved cat, Rosie.  Journalist, party girl, bookworm, artist, muse- by the time she'd hit thirty, Eve Babitz had played all of these roles. Immortalized as the nude beauty facing down Duchamp and as one of Ed Ruscha's Five 1965 Girlfriends, Babitz's first book showed her to bea razor-sharp writer with tales of her own. Eve's Hollywood is an album of vivid snapshots of Southern California's haute bohemians, of outrageously beautiful high-school ingenues and enviably tattooed Chicanas, of rock stars sleeping it off at the Chateau Marmont. And though Babitz's prose might appear careening, she's in control as she takes us on a ride through an LA of perpetual delight, from a joint serving the perfect taquito, to the corner of La Brea and Sunset where we make eye contact with a roller-skating hooker, to the Watts Towers. This \"daughter of the wasteland\" is here to show us that her city is no wasteland at all but a glowing landscape of swaying fruit trees and blooming bougainvillea, buffeted by earthquakes and the Santa Ana winds-and every bit as seductive as she is.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781590178904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Main\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 15 Oct 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: New York Review Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: New York, United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 20(H)x13(L)x2(W)365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 365\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eEve Babitz (1943-2021) was the author of several books of fiction, including Sex and Rage- Advice to Young Ladies Eager for a Good Time; L.A. Woman; and Black Swans- Stories. Her nonfiction works include Fiorucci, The Book and Two by Two- Tango, Two-Step, and the L.A. Night. She has written for publications including Ms. and Esquire and in the late 1960s designed album covers for the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and Linda Ronstadt. NYRB Classics publishes Slow Days, Fast Company- The World, the Flesh, and L.A., Eve's Hollydwood, and I Used to Be Charming.    Holly Brubach is the author of Choura- The Memoirs of Alexandra Danilova; Girlfriend- Men, Women \u0026amp; Drag; and A Dedicated Follower of Fashion, a collection of essays. Formerly Style Editor of The New York Times Magazine, she has been a staff writer for The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly, as well as a frequent contributor to numerous magazines. She lives in Pittsburgh.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\"One of the truly original writers of 20th-century Los Angeles.\" —Kevin Dettmar, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The writing—its innocence, its sophistication, its candor, its wit, its profligacy and pluck, its willingness to fly in the face of received wisdom, its sheer headlong, impish glee—made me positively dizzy with pleasure.\"—Lili Anolik, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Los Angeles-born glamour girl, bohemian, artist, muse, sensualist, wit and pioneering foodie Eve Babitz . . . reads like Nora Ephron by way of Joan Didion, albeit with more lust and drugs and tequila . . . Reading Babitz is like being out on the warm open road at sundown, with what she called, in another book, '4\/60 air conditioning'—that is, going 60 miles per hour with all four windows down. 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Miller holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, and she taught Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade. She lives outside Philadelphia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emadelinemiller.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel to be gobbled greedily in a single sitting\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003cb\u003e poised to become the literary sensation of the summer\u003c\/b\u003e, as much for the quality of its writing as its timeliness * Sunday Times Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnough magic, enchantment, voyages and wonders to satisfy the most jaded sword-and-sorcery palate. \u003c\/b\u003eMiller approaches Odysseus’s story from Circe’s point of view, richly evoking her protagonist’s overlapping identities as goddess, witch, lover and mother -- Adam Roberts * Guardian, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA triumph\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCirce back as superwoman … Homer’s witch get a kickass modern makeover… Miller’s Me Too-era, kickass portrait of a woman trying to defy the men and Fates arrayed against her is enchanting… Blisteringly modern\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003ea thrilling tour de force of imagination\u003c\/b\u003e, Miller makes her otherworldly heroine a complex, sympathetic figure for whom we cheer throughout. \u003ci\u003eCirc\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ee \u003c\/i\u003eis a \u003cb\u003etruly spellbinding\u003c\/b\u003e novel, the mesmerising shimmer of ancient magic rising from it like a heat haze * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly strange work of mythic science fiction\u003c\/b\u003e, as effortlessly expressive within the palaces of gods as it is about the world below … Superb … This is \u003cb\u003eboth a fabulous novel and a fascinating retelling\u003c\/b\u003e; the best compliment, perhaps, that any myth could hope for * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eThis year’s novels were \u003cb\u003efilled with the angry clamour of women’s voices\u003c\/b\u003e: ignored, idealistic or excitingly ambivalent. Madeline Miller reflected the mood for feminist revisionism with her lissom follow-up\u003ci\u003e Circe\u003c\/i\u003e, which\u003cb\u003e casts the witch goddess in the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e not as a bit player in a man’s epic but as the star of her own show\u003c\/b\u003e -- Claire Allfree * Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eIt was a big year for creative retelling of myth and pre-modern literature; a favourite was Madeline Miller's \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003ea distinctive, lyrical novel about power, agency and reponsibility\u003c\/b\u003e, from the point of view of this crafty, much-misunderstood goddess -- Emily Wilson * Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe writing is lovely, the tone assured, and the touch just right\u003c\/b\u003e -- Alexander McCall Smith * Independent, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eIt is out of these insights that Miller achieves real narrative propulsion … Supple, \u003cb\u003epitched in a register that bridges man and myth\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe first witch in Western literature sets Homer straight as she tells her life story, from her unhappy childhood to her lonely island exile. \u003cb\u003eThe woman who emerges is complex and sympathetic. 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From the author of the much-loved \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e, this novel puts a feminist spin on Greek mythology, recasting Circe, the vilified witch infamous for turning men into pigs, in a sympathetic light. Subverting the usual masculine tropes of epic adventure narratives, Miller tells the story of the women who have been historically silenced. And on top of that, she makes Greek myths and culture, which is often perceived as impenetrable and intimidating, accessible. \u003cb\u003eA real page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e * Elle Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eIlluminates known stories from a new perspective …  Miller has determined, in her characterization of this most powerful witch, to bring her as close as possible to the human, as a thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly … \u003cb\u003eA highly psychologized, redemptive and ultimately exculpatory account of the protagonist herself\u003c\/b\u003e -- Claire Messud * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe Orange prizewinner Madeline Miller reimagines Circe, the witch from \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. In Miller’s retelling Circe is a suitably bolshie character who is not going to be bossed around by men. \u003cb\u003eThe writing is beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic that’s also a page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e * i *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFabulous … Bold  and  sensuously  written, it plays brilliantly with the  original myth of \u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI’ve been waiting for \u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003eby Madeline Miller for what feels like forever. \u003c\/b\u003eSince her 2011 debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e – a queer retelling of the Iliad from Patroclus’ perspective – I’ve been crowing about the wit and magic of Miller’s prose. Circe did not disappoint. It’s a feminist tale of the nymph child of Helios, the sun god, who is exiled for practising witchcraft. Circe lives for hundreds of years, encountering heroes, gods and legends, but it never feels like a Greek mythology lesson. Actually, it feels more like a splashy, gossipy memoir written by a celebrity who has met everyone. \u003cb\u003eI suspect this will be my book of the year\u003c\/b\u003e -- Caroline O'Donoghue * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eGreek myth is fertile fictional terrain for Miller, who won the Orange Prize with her debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e. Her new novel is narrated by Circe, the witch from Homer’s \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, who is banished to a remote island and there learns how to survive as a woman alone in the world -- Anita Sethi * Independent, Books of 2018 *\u003cbr\u003eA bold and subversive retelling of the goddess’s story that manages to be both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e[Miller] gives voice to Circe as a multifaceted and evolving character ... \u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003eis very pleasurable to read, combining lively versions of familiar tales and snippets of other, related standards with a highly psychologized, redemptive and ultimately exculpatory account of the protagonist herself * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eGod though she may be, here she faces life – and its love, heartbreak, loneliness and motherhood – with immensely relatable humanity. \u003cb\u003eThe definition of female strength in all its fractured, fragile glory\u003c\/b\u003e * **** Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eOffers opportunities for feminist revision of famous characters both mortal and divine, especially the egotistical Odysseus and the irresponsible and laddish Hermes. It also leads to a suspenseful metaphysical dilemma … Polished diction and descriptive powers * Prospect *\u003cbr\u003eAbsorbing ... One of the most \u003cb\u003eamazing\u003c\/b\u003e qualities of this novel [is]: We know how everything here turns out -we’ve known it for thousands of years - and yet \u003cb\u003ein Miller’s lush reimagining, the story feels harrowing and unexpected\u003c\/b\u003e. The feminist light she shines on these events never distorts their original shape; it only illuminates details we hadn’t noticed before… In the story that dawns from Miller’s rosy fingers, the fate that awaits Circe is at once divine and mortal, impossibility strange and yet entirely human * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA look at mythology with fresh eyes \u003c\/b\u003e...  In \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e the female perspective sharpens into focus in a way that doesn’t happen in the original * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiller excels at reworking myths and legends for a modern audience\u003c\/b\u003e … Miller conjures up a cast of strong, relatable characters, from cold-hearted gods and flawed heroes to deadly monsters-and best of all-a strong female protagonist.\u003cb\u003e Fabulously readable\u003c\/b\u003e * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written throughout … \u003cb\u003eMiller has broken [Circe] free of the conventions of the masculine epic\u003c\/b\u003e * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eA refreshingly complex and utterly compelling portrait of one of the most intriguing women in western literature …  Miller’s depiction of what it feels like to work magic is \u003cb\u003eextraordinarily vivid and convincing\u003c\/b\u003e … What elevates \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e is Miller’s \u003cb\u003eluminous \u003c\/b\u003eprose, which is\u003cb\u003e both enormously readable and evocative\u003c\/b\u003e, and the way in which she depicts the gulf between gods and mortals …  \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e can be part of that cycle of cruel and pointless conflict, or she can choose to break it. In this unforgettable novel, Miller makes us care about that magical, mythical choice * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e, Miller gives depth and history to the title character, how it was she came to be on her island, and her struggles as an independent woman. The “heroes” of Greek myths - the gods, Odysseus and so on - get shoved to the side, as \u003cb\u003eMiller brings to the forefront a fascinating, captivating female character\u003c\/b\u003e. 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Ove's story has an underlying sadness which the author tackles with great warmth and humour . . . It's \u003cb\u003ea bittersweet, heartwarming tale which will leave listeners with a restored faith in the power of friendship\u003c\/b\u003e and perhaps even a love for cats. - Psychologies Magazine\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003emost charming book you'll read this year.\u003c\/b\u003e - Kirkus\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA warm and tender story about love, loss and second chances, peppered with memorable characters, wonderful set pieces and some beautifully black humour. 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