Every bit as evocative and spellbinding as Hamnet. O'Farrell, thank God, just seems to be getting better and better . . . O'Farrell's writing is so vivid it melts away the time and space between now and 16th-century Italy . . . With The Marriage Portrait, then, O'Farrell hasn't just produced another magnificently transporting page-turner. She has given us an ... Read moreexhilarating, devastating look at women's captivity, creativity and ultimately, rebellion in a world run by some very cruel men
i newspaper
Finely written and vividly imagined, it is far from being simplistic, but there is an engaging simplicity to it . . . a very good one to be read, as publishers used to say, by "children of all ages"
Guardian Book of the Day
In O'Farrell's hands, historical detail comes alive . . . evocative, moving and sensitively rendered
Spectator
O'Farrell is simply outstanding
Guardian
Her writing is exquisite. Immersive and compelling
Marian Keyes
An extraordinary writer with a profound understanding of the most elemental human bonds
Observer
One of the most exciting novelists alive
Washington Post
Ingenious, inventive, humane, wry, truthful . . . better than her last novel
Scotsman
Her narrative enchantment will wrest suspense and surprise out of a death foretold
Financial Times
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