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Wendy Perriam is one of the most interesting unsung novelists of her generation. Intelligent and accessible, she is fighting for the same bit of turf as Joanna Trollope; but she is probably the more accomplished and varied writer of the two. She writes beautifully about relationships and hilariously about sex. Her work can be recommended without reservation for its honesty, its acuteness and its wide-ranging humanity. Sunday Telegraph Each book is a magnificently orchestrated orgy in which her potent blend of sex, religion and humour takes the reader on a spiritual odyssey from the solid rocks of safety to the wilder shores of fantasy. Time Out Perriam is a writer of authority and skill, with a wicked ear for conversational quirks. Sunday Times Like Muriel Spark and Edna O'Brien, Perriam sticks her neck out to confront the subjects of sex and religion. She must be admired for her energy and her nerve. The Scotsman Perriam has the knack of being explicit about sex without being crude or embarrassing... She teases us to the end with twists and turns in the plot, but just as accomplished is the novel's moral debate. Literary Review One of the finest and funniest writers to emerge in England since Kingsley Amis. She is gifted with devastating powers of observation and can call up characters who are both compact and complex. Herald Tribune Perriam is rare among contemporary writers in the breadth of her canvas and the boldness of her colours: a sort of literary blend of Benjamin Haydon and Stanley Spencer. Books and Bookmen She has a considerable command of her craft and a shrewd sense of those aspects of contemporary life which are worth recording. Times Literary Supplement Wendy Perriam is a real find. For she has that magical combination of a brisk, lively style and a literate intelligence. Her characters are vibrantly realistic; her understanding of human hopes, selfishness and absurdity sympathetic, but sharp and funny; the dialogue twists absolutely right. Perriam is a very welcome discovery. Sunday Express Wendy Perriam is sometimes very funny, sometimes very sexual, sometimes very painful, and always difficult to pin down. Standard Nobody does deep feelings better. Sunday Times Perriam's shrewd, sharp prose style is complemented by a marvellous talent for satirical observation. The Scotsman Perriam is both clever and funny, as well as being a skilled artist with something to say about life. This is an author who has learned how to face the world and tame the horrors of life: we should be grateful for her optimism - it is infectious. The Tablet Perriam is a skilled and sympathetic observer of contemporary life, so there is a lot of truth about contemporary morals, manners and fantasies. Sunday Telegraph It is impossible to categorize this prolific novelist, whose work is a bizarre mixture of intellectual gravitas and sex scenes more steamy than any you'd find in a bonkbuster. Perriam has a pacy Polaroid pen. Daily Mail. Wendy Perriam puts the soul back into sex. Irish Independent Perriam makes waves with her novels because each of them is an unusually honest projection of her personality and each of them is sustained by a fine command of her craft. Glasgow Herald Perriam must be a strong contender for Britain's most underrated novelist. Daily Telegraph Wendy Perriam was born to write. She looks at the world with a different eye from the rest of us. Her work refreshes and exhilarates. She gets to the heart of the matter, and there, lurking beneath the seriously mundane, we discover the spiritual underpinnings of the universe. I am her greatest fan. Fay Weldon Perriam's strength is emotional accuracy. She draws convincing characters and poignant situations, and the reader can't help but be emotionally involved. The Spectator Wendy Perriam is that rare case of an author who has clearly seen something of life, and is willing to speak boldly, in her own voice. The London Magazine Wendy Perriam is one of our most consistent, and most consistently under-rated, authors. She never features in the best-seller lists or comes into contention for literary prizes. But she rarely fails to deliver the goods. Sunday Telegraph Perriam addresses serious issues, but she writes with such verve and a delight in language that the touch is light even when the themes are weighty. New Books magazine Wendy Perriam is bursting with ideas about sex, death, grief, celibacy, the problems of old age, of guilt, of mother-daughter relationships - The problems of women of all ages are described in a flexible lucid style, with humour and exuberance. Irish Times Perriam is a very human writer - she understands how people make mistakes, for she has both wit and compassion, two qualities that are often mutually exclusive. The Tablet Literary, funny, moving - in a word, wonderful. Daily Mail
