'This coming of age tale has all the usual ingredients - sex, death, a lost childhood - but its impressionistic, circling narrative marks it out' Hephzibah Anderson, Daily Mail.

Independent

'A sense of foreboding pervades this beguiling novel. Swärd is eloquent on love, betrayal, and the complexities of the human heart' Lucy Popescu, Independent.

Irish Examiner

'Compelling and thought-provoking' Irish Examiner.