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C inserts itself, slyly yet confidently, into the history of modernism. This is a genuinely exciting and spookily beautiful book, a new kind of joy -- Neel Mukherjee * The Times *
McCarthy is fast revealing himself as a master craftsman who is steering the contemporary novel towards exciting territories * Observer *
Skilfully realised, ambitious -- Christopher Taylor * Guardian *
An intelligent, ambitious book... A beautiful, accessible novel with a thrilling tale. This is one of the most brilliant books to have hit the shelves this year and McCarthy deserves high praise for an electric piece of writing which should be enjoyed as well as discussed -- Beth Jones * Sunday Telegraph *
C is formidably well assembled, and it is admirable for an unashamed literary ambition -- Peter Carty * Independent on Sunday *
Chilling and brilliant -- Scarlett Thomas * Financial Times *
A narrative of energy, invention and intelligence begins to take shape: one that is at once dazzling and profoundly resonant...Tom McCarthy has written a novel for our times: refreshingly different, intellectually acute and strikingly enjoyable. Whether the Man Booker judges concur remains to be seen, but is seems highly unlikely that anyone will publish a better novel this year -- Stuart Evers * Daily Telegraph *
The strength of the novel is in the richness of McCarthy's intelligent, detailed research, while Serge is the cipher that he's used to convey it -- Eithne Farry * Daily Mail *
McCarthy has fashioned a poised, polished and occasionally perplexing novel that frames the dawn of the communications onslaught now engulfing us...Builds into a breathless tour de force...combining the impetus, mystery and gale-force pandemonium of the age- not to mention McCarthy's delirious prose - into a swirling finale that is at once confounding and eminently satisfying -- Adam Lee Davies * Time Out *
McCarthy is a richly gifted novelist -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *