The Double

Quite unlike anything else * London Review of Books *
A Borgesian fable with a marvellous flavour all its own -- Phillip Hensher, Books of the Year * Spectator *
A comic and profound exploration of the self... A uniquely seductive writer * Daily Telegraph *
The Double is Saramago at his most practised and polished. It is philosophy and thriller rolled into one * Independent *
Indebted to Borges and with a nod to Auster, he manages to surpass both with the audacity and sheer erudition of his prose -- Catherine Taylor * The Guardian *
In the pacy denouement the consequences of the hero's actions are played out with surprising deftness... [An] extraordinarily bold and peculiar romance * The Times *
Written with gusto, wit an imaginative energy...an urgent and topical masterpiece * Literary Review *
Thought-provoking, scrupulously constructed and narrated with buoyant high spirits * Times Literary Supplement *
Cleverly written and left me with lots to think about...a very good book * http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uk/ *