High and Low

A huge treat. Her satirical take on the way we live now is always sharp and funny, clear-eyed and unsentimental * Clare Chambers *
High and Low showcases Amanda Craig doing what she does best - combining a gimlet-eyed but compassionate view of the world, with a rattling good plot * Lissa Evans *
A timely and unsettling portrait of London today, a city teetering on a knife edge between rage and hope. High and Low is in turns hilarious and terrifying, but always deeply humane. Another compelling novel from Amanda Craig * Vesna Goldsworthy, author of Iron Curtain *
Amanda Craig is at the top of her game with this satirical, state of the nation novel, which captures with pin-sharp accuracy the rage, fears and uncertainty of now * Esther Coren *
The most mischievous take imaginable on the way we live now * Francis Spufford *
The book is wonderful. It reminded me of Bonfire of the Vanities in its scope and wit * Daisy Goodwin *
Part state-of-the-nation novel, part literary satire, part siege drama... addictive * Guardian *
Terrific * Philip Pullman *
Mob violence and community spirit battle it out in this satirical state-of-the-nation novel from sharp-eyed, empathetic Craig * Mail on Sunday *
Writing a state-of-the-nation novel that is also tense and funny is no mean feat, but that's what Amanda Craig seems to have accomplished in High and Low... Ambitious and far-reaching * Spectator *
A snapshot of a society reeling from insecurity and division... The storytelling is deft throughout High and Low, and there are several cases of fine creative sympathy * New Statesman *