'This novel examines America's guerrilla war between the haves and have-nots with a zing unequalled since The Bonfire of the Vanities'

Observer

'A harrowing, even horrific, tale of an immigrant couple's venture into California, and the shockingly brutal reception they receive ... a remarkable feat of imaginative empathy'

Daily Telegraph

'Thrilling ... it's the same set up as Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities but Boyle immediately enlivens it'

Independent on Sunday

'A powerful novel ... One of the best books I've read this year'

Marie Claire