Metroland

Rezensionen / Stimmen

I was captivated from the first page. I cannot remember when I enjoyed a first novel more -- Nina Bawden * Daily Telegraph * If all works of fiction were as thoughtful, as subtle, as well constructed, and as funny as Metroland there would be no more talk of the death of the novel * New Statesman * A rare and unusual first novel -- William Boyd * London Magazine * A very funny, touching first novel. It has a hard comic edge to it that is logical and at the same time extremely diverting * Spectator * One would have to look very hard to find a wryer, more lovingly detailed account of intellectual and sexual innocence abroad -- Jay Parini * New York Times * An alert, witty, unpredictable novel which brings a sharp fresh eye to bear on English character and English compromises * Observer * Metroland is a delicious book, sharp and witty and observant * The Listener * One of the best accounts of clever English schoolboyhood I've read * Times Educational Supplement * Flighty, playful... Barnes succeeds in vividly recreating teenage precociousness, particularly what it feels like to be a young male encountering love and sex * Los Angeles Times * A dazzling entertainer * New Yorker *