“A finely constructed novel that says more about human relationships than a
library of psychology manuals, hitting the funny bone and the emotional
jugular at one and the same time”
Irish Times

“Wistful, touching and funny, it looks back at the glory days of the family
without losing hope for the future. In the end, it is a deeply touching book: a love
letter to a son from his father, and to a father from his son”
Mail on Sunday

“'A grown-up novel that is simultaneously a heart-rending gripping read and suffused with an irresistible reality”
Glasgow Herald
“A touching novel ... full of quiet tenderness, and written from the heart”
Independent