Turtle Diary

Russell Hoban is our Ur-novelist, a maverick voice that is like no other. * Sunday Telegraph *
Worth rejoicing in ... a banquet of whimsical delights. Each Russell Hoban book is surprising ... but you also know what you're getting, which is curiosity, wonder and a world-encompassing empathy. -- John Self * The Guardian *
This wonderful, life-saving fantasy places Russell Hoban where he has got to be - among the greatest, timeless novelists. * The Times *
Crackles with witty detail, mordant intelligence and self-deprecating irony. * Time *
[Turtle Diary] has medicinal qualities. I only need to think about it and I'm in a better mood. -- Max Porter
A story about the recovery of life ... Like other cult writers - Salinger for instance, or Vonnegut - Hoban writes about ordinary people making life-affirming gestures in a world that threatens to dissolve in madness. * Newsweek *
This lovely human fable seems to me one of the best things of its kind - a fine and touching achievement. -- John Fowles
Tragicomic pleasure ... Metaphysical speculation undercut by dry humour is the signature style of Russell Hoban. -- Richard Preston * The Times *