«[Enzensberger] is a writer who has been poet, editor, playwright and essayist. I think it is in the last art that he has been the most influential: he carries out experiments on the essay form with the intensity and iconoclasm that poets apply to forms in verse.»

Neal Ascherson, Observer

«Probably the nearest thing there is to a Renaissance figure among contemporary writers. He is a restless adept, bringing qualities of learning, intelligence, spleen and surprise to an extraordinary array of different literary enterprises.»

Michael Hoffman, Sunday Correspondent

«He has a sharp eye and an even sharper ear. He is also blessed with a beautifully fluent English translator.»

Edward Mortimer, Financial Times