As Rich as the King

With this book, Abigail Assor announces herself as one of the most distinctive voices in North African literature. This is a vibrant, sensual, subversive novel with an unforgettable heroine -- Leïla Slimani
In this richly evoked story set in a city of two very distinct halves, Assor draws a rich and rather damning portrait of life between haves and have-nots in contemporary Morocco, striking a balance between desire and delusion * Marie Claire *
Don't let its French prize-winning status fool you: this is a pleasurable, even filthy summer romance... This confident debut suggests that Assor may prove a worthy successor to Sagan. She has certainly earned her prize money with this dirty beach read about motorbikes, moody teens and misplaced desire on the Moroccan coast * The Times *
The sounds, the smells, the gritty details of every scene are laid bare in a light as harsh and bright as the sun... A captivating novel * Le Figaro *
Casablanca stretches out before our astonished eyes, humming with rage and life... A captivating debut * Lire *
Abigail Assor's writing is precise, sensual, subversive and wildly lyrical. Astonishing * Le Parisien *
Stunning in its truth, cruelty and style * Paris Match *
Earthy and colourful, lyrical and sensual, mordant and dizzying, Abigail Assor's style carries the reader off to faraway places * Baz'art *
The shooting star of French literature... Her style is powerful, poetic, precise, clever and rousing. Whoever can write like this, without affect, drama, acrobatics or tricks is a great writer * Kultur & Service *
[Assor] grew up in Casablanca in the Nineties and her knowledge of the city comes screaming through, via her gorgeously poetic prose... An utterly stunning novel -- Mark Wheywood * Behind the Spine *