Sarah Waters

'A delightful novel which sets a new standard for lesbian historical fiction, and should entice new readers to the genre'   

Emma Donoghue

'This could be the most important debut of its kind since that of Jeanette Winterson’

Daily Telegraph

'An unstoppable read, a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demi-monde of the roaring Nineties. Could this be a new genre? The bawdy lesbian picaresque novel?'

Independent on Sunday