“A tautly-constructed story which plots the violence and upheaval of revolution and its aftermath, it is both moving and memorable.”——2014年柯斯達文學獎評審意見
‘Roffey is an invigorating storyteller. The tense, stifling scenes within the besieged House of Power, as the hostage-takers and their hostages carve out unexpected relationships, are beautifully done and her compassion for her characters is never in doubt.’——都市報
‘Deploying the deep, humane wisdom that has become a hallmark of Roffey's increasingly sure writing, the novel delivers its final, bittersweet coup with a fearlessness and grace that richly satisfies.’——衛報
'Written in vigorous, patois-inflected prose, the novel is grimly absorbing... Roffey’s knuckle-whitening novel goes to the heart of questions of political temptation and folly; it grips from beginning to end.'——電訊報
‘Roffey's writing is raw and visceral and she thrusts her readers headlong into the very middle of the action, her pen as powerful as the butts of the guns shoved in her hostages' backs.’——觀察家報