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)