Luck is a wonderful intermingling of the historic, philosophical and literary, with tales of the author and his engaging, complicated, extraordinary father. A joy Philippe Sands, author of The Last Colony
An extraordinary collection of insights into luck, skilfully combining personal stories and historical studies into a partly random structure. It has a glorious unpredictability, producing a stimulating feeling of uncertainty about what the next gem will turn out to be David Spiegelhalter, author of The Art of Statistics
Ruminative page-turning TLS
In Luck, [ Flusfeder] bypasses the scientific harsh truth about randomness and probability and instead has written a book about the human side of luck Eccentric, insightful meditations New Scientist
Thrilling, intelligent and wilfully unique, with the bonus ball of being unexpectedly moving, David Flusfeders thirteen investigations are the result of a lifetime of original thinking. I loved it James Runcie, author of The Great Passion
Fascinating An eminently enjoyable and engrossing page-turner The Jewish Chronicle
Flusfeder stands up for superstition Telegraph
This deep, particular and witty examination of the nature of luck and its role in human existence is an absolute joy, from random start to mysterious finish. A most unusual book Louisa Young, author of Twelve Months and a Day
