Highly addictive

Observer

These stories are very funny, and very sad, usually at the same time. Which, as Flattery shows us brilliantly, is the best time

Jon McGregor

Exhilarating. Flattery's judgments crackle with cruel, clear sight ... Flattery writes with empathy, freedom and virtuosic technique

Financial Times

Smart as a whip, unusual, and very very funny, Flattery's distinctive prose is a real treat

Claire-Louise Bennett

Filled with dark, daring and compassionate fables of womanhood

Stylist

Flattery tells the truth but tells it slant, so that from her sentences, to her symbolism, to her zany, often surrealist plots, her stories fizz with humour and surprise

Irish Independent