[O'Toole] is a sharp thinker and he makes many good points... There is also a lot to learn from his incidental arguments. This is a literary book and I was delighted'

The Times

The psychopathology of Brexit is at the heart of Fintan O'Toole's compact counterblast

Times Educational Supplement

A witty attack on the fantasies that drove Brexit... Clever, over the top, but entertaining political writing'

The Times, Books of the Year

Fintan O'Toole's searing polemic [is] expertly researched and full of unexpectedly funny vignettes

Sunday Business Post, Books of the Year

What gives this book its distinction is the fact that [O'Toole] is as adept at analysing character (as revealed by language) as he is at marshalling statistics... O'Toole uncovers and dissects it with the deliberate, affectless skill of a virtuoso surgeon. The result, for me, is a wildly entertaining but uncomfortable read. In short, he has nailed us to the floor with a nine-inch nail. It's certainly not easy bein' English these days, and O'Toole, with this pitilessly brilliant book, has just made it at least fifty shades harder'

Jonathan Coe, Irish Times

[The Euro] is what British conservative thought has feared since the 1970s. Readers interested in exploring these fears, and pretty much everyone else, should read [this]

Sunday Business Post