The Party

Reviews / Votes

Few writers give me such consistent pleasure -- Zadie Smith, author White Teeth Tessa Hadley recruits admirers with each book -- Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall She is one of the best fiction writers writing today -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Purple Hibiscus The writer we didn't know we were waiting for, until she arrived -- Anne Enright, author of The Wren, The Wren Something small but perfectly formed will always do well as Christmas draws near - ask Claire Keegan - and Tessa Hadley's novella The Party looks just the ticket. -- Anthony Cummins * Observer * [An] exquisite work from one of our finest writers * i * The Party is a coming-of-age story humming with all the tightly packed resonances of a poem... Tessa Hadley is one of our finest chroniclers, and this novella is a glimmering, sensuous addition to her supremely elegant oeuvre * Financial Times * The novelist and short story writer Tessa Hadley is alternately beloved and teased for her focus on British middle-class life. But she does it so well... Hadley's power is in the details * Sunday Times, *Books of the Year* * There is no-one who writes better about middle-class life in 20th- and 21st-century Britain than Tessa Hadley * Evening Standard * Though the book is short...Hadley's touch [is] delicate as ever * Guardian *