Details of events where I’ll be discussing my books are now on the ‘Events’ page. There is a recent interview with Claire Armistead, The Guardian. There is a discussion with Sara Collins on BBC Radio 4’s Open Book.
Reviews of Summerwater include:
Peter Kemp, The Sunday Times £ “This story of a turbulent Scottish holiday is suffused with fascination.”
Hephzibah Anderson, Daily Mail “Tragedy looms but Moss buoys the reader along with wit and compassion as she flits between viewpoints. Endlessly interesting.”
Catherine Taylor, Prospect
Blake Morrison, London Review of Books “Though her characters are trapped in their heads as well as in their cabins, Moss has fun letting them loose on the page.”
Sarah Hughes, inews “Moss is a writer who can say more than most others in half the space. Her latest, a haunting story of alienation set on a Scottish campsite, is the summer’s most interesting read.”
John Boyne, Irish Times “For more than a decade, Sarah Moss has been crafting quiet, complex novels that make an indelible impression on the reader. This is one of her best, and most accessible, and should bring her work to a wider audience.”
Sarah Ditum, The Times £ “Moss does a strong line in scathingly funny here.”
Roger Cox, The Scotsman
Andrew Meehan, The Herald “When it comes to the workings of the secret heart, and the exchange between mind and body, this is a writer with few equals .”
Marjorie Brennan, Irish Examiner “Moss builds the tension masterfullly, as readers wait for the axe to fall.”
Melissa Harrison, The Guardian “A great part of a novelist’s skill lies in the breadth of their sympathies and their ability to enter into the lives of people unlike themselves. Moss does this so naturally and comprehensively that at times her simple, pellucid prose and perfectly judged free indirect speech feel almost like documentary or nonfiction – there is an artfulness to her writing so accomplished as to conceal itself.”
Alice O’Keefe, The Bookseller
Max Fletcher, The Spectator
Rebecca Wilcock, The Irish News ” Evocative, with deft touches of humour, sadness and cruelty, Summerwater perfectly encapsulates a cross-section of modern British society.”