"A major twentieth-century writer and an extraordinary and unique talent: her gifts were unusual—a piercing eye; an acute ear; an incisive, often caustic wit."

The Chicago Tribune

"A wonderful writer."

James Wood

"The most original and innovative British novelist."

The New York Review of Books

"Spark is an enduring literary influence."

Vogue

"Surely the most engaging, tantalizing writer we have."

Frank Kermode - The London Review of Books