ARGONAUT BOOKS

To have written something this concise, this muscular, this moving and - yes, why not say it? - this eternal, seems little short of miraculous. But we have come to expect miracles from Johnson. In this age of plodding bandwagons and slavish imitation, Johnson is a one-hundred-per-cent authentic American original and an undisputed master of his craftRupert ThomsonA masterpiece... one of the best prose writers in our timeHerald - Michael OndaatjeI don't think there is a sentence in the book that isn't perfectly madeNew York Times - Ann PatchettA work of extraordinary power and consummate skill ....Read More