Glory

Allegory, satire and fairytale rolled into one mighty punch * Guardian *
Brave, and moving -- Stuart Kelly * Scotsman *
Vital and universal -- Hepzibah Anderson * Observer *
Few writers can engineer a sentence like NoViolet Bulawayo * Irish Times *
Bulawayo is really out-Orwelling Orwell. This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny * New York Times Book Review *
Glory revels in the absurd but offers a terrifying vision of political disintegration for readers today * Financial Times *Summer Reads of 2022* *
An urgent and engaging meditation on the farce of totalitarianism and the struggle of those who live under it to forge something better * i *
Glory is a witty and moving tribute to the people of Zimbabwe and their history * Literary Review *
Bulawayo broaches what it means to fight for democracy and call somewhere home in a timely and imaginative way . . . A memorable, funny and yet serious allegory about a country's plight under tyranny and what individual and collective freedom means in an age of virtual worlds and political soundbites -- Franklin Nelson * Financial Times *
It delivers, over the course of 400 pages of wordplay and animal magic, a surprisingly warm, intimate and, yes, human feeling -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
You thought you were getting a novel as good as We Need New Names . . . Glory is even more dazzling . . . Calls to mind other great storytellers such as Herta Müller, Elif Shafak and Zimbabwean compatriot Yvonne Vera -- Sarah Ladipo Manyika * Guardian *
Bulawayo's tale of dictatorship and oppression explores the exaltation and downfall of a would-be savior * The 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2022, Oprah Daily *
Robert Mugabe is there in all but name in this striking allegory - an Animal Farm that shows how narratives of liberation and self-determination curdle under a dictator's power * Fiction to Look Out For in 2022, Guardian *