We published The Glass Room by Simon Mawer on January 15th and has been attracting a clutch of rave reviews:
"The Glass Room is a fiction of many remarkable qualities ... Mawer’s control of his themes of language, desire, memory and the power of place is extraordinary - as haunting and mysterious as the effect of sunlight on the walll of golden onyx that survives all the convulsions by which his characters are engulfed" - Jane Shilling, The Daily Telegraph
"[The Glass Room’s] poetic success is to remind us of two great gilt-edged ironies: that whatever is held to be the height of modernity is already en route to the museum, and that even 'cold' art is the embodiment of its maker’s passion - one that can prove contagious" - Richard T Kelly, The Financial Times
"Mawer creates a passionately detailed portrait of individuals struggling to snatch order and happiness from frightening, irrational times ... The Glass Room achieves a rare feat of being truly enjoyable to read." - Rachel Aspden, The Sunday Telegraph
" ... love triangles litter Mawer's story. They bear witness to his great talent for grasping the non-linear nature of desire." - Philip Oltermann, The Times
"Exciting, profoundly affecting and altogether wonderful" - The Daily Mail
"Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure - these are things that happen in the Glass Room." You can read an extract from the book, visit the LittleBrown.co.uk catalogue page for more information on the novel, or find out more about the author at www.simonmawer.com.
Posted 22/01/2009 10:15:47 by Darren Turpin with 1 comments.
I just finished THE GLASS ROOM. Mr. Mawer is an extraordinarily talented man. It would be grand to be able to let him know how I immersed myself in such a command of the language. Such great fiction!!!Thank you for publishing that book!
2/8/2010 16:02
Hardback: £16.99