Lay the Favourite

It’s a great true story, told with wit, candour and fizzing energy -- Simon Shaw * Mail on Sunday *
Candid, smart, funny, wild and crazy * Elle *
Dark, wildly affectionate and very, very funny. It is a world filled with scoundrels, thieves and gamblers, where everyone is looking to somehow come out on top while doing what they love -- Stephen Frears, director of High Fidelity and The Queen
With its rich characters drawn in depth, this reads more like a novel than a memoir * Wall Street Journal *
Seduced by her stories, we long for this strange, sleazy and alluring landscape * Los Angeles Times *
Raymer's hilarious memoir ricochets through the gambling underworld, peopled with all manner of loveable wack-jobs, none of whom is quite as wacky - or loveable - as Raymer herself * Marie Claire *
From Vegas to Rio, from the boxing ring to the stripper's pole, [meet] the sickest crew of action junkies since Roulettenburg... A kaleidoscope of high-testosterone debauchery -- James McManus, author of 'Positively Fifth Street'
Raymer is sharp, quick and ballsy. You are caught up in the rush of her life -- William Leith * Evening Standard *
It's frank, unflinching and gritty, exposing with brutal honesty the world of high-stakes gambling experienced by the author at first hand * Bookbag *