"A rare example of a novel melding savage political and historical insight with brilliant literary structure. He captures a great deal about the last few decades in South Africa through the changes in one family."
"During the pandemic I finally read, and loved, Shadows on the Rock, which is set in late-17th-century Quebec and shimmers with the same still radiance as Death Comes for the Archbishop."
"I loved My Name Is Lucy Barton and Anything Is Possible — not just because I adore Lucy as a character, but because of the brilliant ways Strout reflects and refracts impressions of Lucy."
