Dirt

Vann’s gift – his quest, almost – is a willingness to explore the unimaginable, the unthinkable, on the page. He is the real thing – a mature, risk-taking and fantastically adept fiction writer who dares go to the darkest places, explore their most appalling corners.I haven’t read a novel as rough and shocking or, importantly, as wise and warm as this one in a long time. -- Julie Myerson * Observer *
Vann’s rendering of the everyday gratings of family life is pitch-perfect ... A well-written, unflinching exploration of the often terrifying chasm between who we want to be, and who we actually are. * Sunday Telegraph *
Vann is a brave writer, daring to write about and depict things that most other authors would baulk at, but that’s what makes him so good – that unflinching eye for the darkness you could potentially find in any of us, given the wrong chain of events ...If you want the naked, awful truth, then dive in. -- Doug Johnstone * Independent on Sunday *
This is a novel of violence, destruction and ruin. There is no salvation. And yet Mr Vann’s soaring writing carries it forward – a reminder of the beauty that can grace even the beastliest things. * The Economist *
Unputdownable, thundering at breathtaking speed towards the shocking climactic act. Brilliantly chilling. * Evening Standard *