The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth

Boyd shows why he's so often compared to Graham Greene.... brilliant and bewitching collection of stories * Financial Times *
Like stealing badges, like shucking oysters, once you have one of these stories you can't stop. Lights out was after midnight * Times *
Clever and, yes, cinematic * Observer *
The stories, as is often the case with Boyd, are packed with characters whose lives are upended by random upheavals * Sunday Times *
Unfailingly amusing and clever * Guardian *
In a 2008 essay, Boyd explained that writing short stories gives him a welcome chance "to change habits, to experiment, to take risks, to try out different voices". And in the best stories here, it's a chance he takes full advantage of, serving up an impressive variety of settings and protagonists * Daily Telegraph *
Highly entertaining * Mail on Sunday *
Boyd is dependably a master of what's most true: an always elegant realist whose characters will get under your skin * GQ *
No one charts the highs and lows of the human condition like Boyd * Red *
A riveting short story collection from one of the best * Woman & Home *