Reviews

"An excellent vintage. A lovely drop of Wheatley style pastiche. A rich and surprising novel with top notes of the occult and intellectual dilettantism and suffused with earthy humour and humanity. Gives several sacred cows a good kicking... deeply and heartily recommended."

(Astrolabus, reader, London, England)

"I seek out first time authors for their style, their planning, their courage and their ability to produce something new. Tom Carr did all this for me in his first novel... I do not want to give away the author's fun in telling you anything other than, you will enjoy."

(Jean McGee Benfield, reader, Carolina, USA)

"Made me laugh out loud, stop doing all other chores to find out what happened next. Cleverly written, descriptive and unputdownable."

(Cinders, reader, Causses et Veyran, France)

"It is the unique, even strange admixture of jokes, Catholic Doctrine, bad taste, ridiculousness and musical references stirred with an almost satanic spoon which makes this laugh-a-minute book a rollicking read. To detail every instance of ridiculousness and bad taste would be to reveal the entire content of the book..."

(Chris Iveson, Family Therapist, North London, England)

"So much to savour in the detail, from 'Nevers on a Sunday' to 'Look back in Angers' and many more. All the pop and cultural references too. It is so funny and clever." (Alan Jackson, Journalist, Central London, England). "Outrageous... clever, mad and very funny..."

(Kath James, retired teacher, Consett, N.E. England)

"It was with great pleasure that I was made aware of this wonderful parody of one of the classics of the Wheatley oeuvre 'The Devil Rides Out.' Mr Carr's tale is a veritable corne d'abondance of malefaction and bouffoneries that sets the reader's gastronomic juices flowing. One can only hope the author has more manuscripts in his locker."

(Mike Jarvie, writer, Darlington, N.E. England)

The author "adeptly skewers Wheatley's social and cultural elitism." The book is "an enjoyable romp;" "deliciously absurd."

(Kirkup review, USA)

"You will need to cling to the pages of this book to keep this extremely funny story from getting away from you."

(Jennifer Ann Mann, Authoress, Boston, USA)

"The funniest book I've read."

(Sandy Still, musician and teacher, Manfield, N.E. England)

"It's a book full of gems."

(Ian Ramsay, potter, Herefordshire, S.W. England)

"I laughed till I cried. What a novel. A really interesting plot and a fun journey from beginning to end."

(Michele Louise Webber, systems consultant and dancing instructress, Bristol, S.W. England)