“Uncommonly talented, Clarke sees deeply, and transmits his visions and perceptions so skillfully that reading him is an adventure.” —Publisher’s Weekly “Clarke has a matchless ear for dialogue. . . . He succeeds in making his pages brilliant.” —Boston Globe “He has forcefully demonstrated that distance can sharpen a writer’s focus and deepen perceptions.” —Globe ... Read moreand Mail “Clarke the novelist is very much in charge. He never falls into the trap of making his characters vehicles for mouthing this or that political ideology. They are no more or less than the human beings that his literary alchemy brings to life.” —Toronto Star Show Less