The narrative casts a mesmeric spell... intelligent, beautifully written, heartfelt and true, and a great book * Sunday Times * I would rather have written Ford Madox Ford's novel than all the books I have written. After reading it a dozen times, I still find a mystery at its heart... an exercise in elegance and a triumph of structure. I am always imitating it and always failing. The prose makes my heart ache with envy -- Ruth Rendell * Guardian * An astounding novel * The Times * Sometimes the best presents come in small packages...masterful * Daily Telegraph * A central figure, artistically and influentially, in the modern movement...a masterpiece of Impressionism, as well as of intricate plotting, technical manipulation and powerful irony * Guardian * A sense of ambiguity and fluidity, of there being no absolutes, only relativities, is dazzlingly displayed in The Good Soldier * Economist * My favourite novel... You expect a boring novel about Edwardian marriages. This could not be more misleading. Its a gothic melodrama with a high body count -- Ned Beauman * Guardian *
