The High Mountains of Portugal

Replete with every bizarre and beautiful thing on earth . . . his many fans will delight * * The Times * *
Moments of real wonder . . . glorious * * Sunday Times * *
His best since Life of Pi . . . miraculous * * Washington Post * *
Martel is an original, strange and subtle thinker -- Ursula Le Guin * * Guardian * *
Surprising and yet entirely believable * * Observer * *
[Martel's] depiction of loss is raw and deeply affecting . . . odd, fabulous, deliberately oblique * * Telegraph * *
Engagingly readable * * Daily Mail * *
Martel is incapable of writing a dull sentence * * Daily Express * *
A book of great wisdom and beauty -- Gavin Francis
Lucid and thought provoking * * Mail on Sunday * *
Engrossing . . . Martel has a way of capturing the charm, and charge, of an animal and human relationship * * Independent * *
Martel is a writer with a light touch and a lively fancy . . . Engaging * * Scotsman * *
An exploration of faith and how we can learn to accept death . . . [Martel] has an ability to write about the very fundamental human emotional threads that join us * * Irish Independent * *
Sharp, comical, and carries a deeply poignant message * * The List * *
It is an unusual novel, a vivid and uncanny adventure in storytelling * * The Skinny * *