Overnight

The height of crafted eloquence. The book felt choral to me, all those different nocturnal voices singing at the same time, and the cumulative effect of it is powerful and moving -- SAMANTHA HARVEY
By the book's end, night has grown to seem vibrant and companionable * * Observer * *
Creatures of the night rejoice - this is the book we've been waiting for! A truly addictive read -- KEVIN BARRY
A revelatory journey into the teeming life of the night. Moving, engrossing, essential -- KATHERINE MAY
A paean of gratitude to every form of labour in the wee small hours, packed with enough fun facts for an entire pub quiz . . . Curiosity and boundless enthusiasm are what the reader is paying for here. It's the author's infectious sincerity that really makes Overnight work * * Spectator * *
I loved Overnight. It is both gripping and consoling, and full of an intelligent, querying tenderness for its subjects. I was never sure whether I'd be moved to laughter or tears: often, it was both, and in the end I was sad to leave Richards' humane and witty company -- SARAH PERRY
Overnight is a sort of extended thank-you note to the people who keep the world ticking over while the rest of us sleep . . . Richards is an immensely likeable and generous-spirited narrator * * Times Literary Supplement * *
In Overnight, Dan Richards introduces us to the shadowy, starlit world of postal workers, night nurses, twenty-four-hour industry, late night radio, search and rescue. We meet desperate rough sleepers, racing demons, new mothers . . . and what shines through most clearly is the humour and the pathos, the remarkable diversity in what it means to live, to work, to love. A lucid dream of a book, one that will keep you up late reading -- CAL FLYN
Funny and moving and generously various in its voices - a journey after dark in two senses -- ROBERT MACFARLANE
Dan Richards' writing spans great gulfs of emotion and experience. He is witty and profound and his curiosity and empathy know no bounds. He takes us deep into the night and brings it utterly alive. He fills that space in our dreams with the reality - of what goes on when the sun goes down -- PHILIP HOARE