What a brilliant book. The Return reads as easily as a thriller, but is a story that will stick; a person is lost but gravity and resonance remain (Hilary Mantel)

It is likely to become a classic. (Colm Tóibín)

A total work of art. It reminded me of Solzhenitsyn. It is of the same importance. I love it.

(James Rebanks)

Wise and agonizing and thrilling to read (Zadie Smith)

Bristles with arresting wisdom (Jeremy Paxman)

A treasure for the ages (Peter Carey)

Tremendously powerful (Nadeem Aslam)

A magnificent memoir of exile and loss (Rawi Hage)

One of the essential books of our times (Adam Foulds)

A profound and powerful meditation on love, loss and exile (Sunday Express)