«A gifted writer, and her manipulation of language is her forte - brilliant, sensuous and shocking»

Sunday Times

«Fish nimbly draws parallels between [her characters'] lives, packing a powerful emotional punch in the process»

Tatler

«A powerful expression of post-colonial guilt»

Guardian

«A provocative contribution to revisionist (and feminist) post-colonial fiction»

Times Literary Supplement

«Shaw is an accomplished storyteller, whose beautiful prose delivers you right into the heart of the plantation»

Time Out