Dead Souls

"I sneaked unnoticed into the Everyman Library edition recently and, burrowing deep, loved the rich complexity, the wise and barbed exploration of corruption and the absurd irrationality of the human condition."

"I'd never read anything like it. It was hysterically funny and incredibly moving at the same time. It's like Gogol stuck a pen in his heart... It truly raised the bar of what I considered to be important writing. It was a life-changing gift, and I still read it once a year."