The Fit - Rilegato

Praise for THE FIT:

'A comedy of manners crammed with cleverness, warmth and genuinely funny jokes ... Hensher is incapable of writing a dull sentence.' Daily Telegraph

'One of the funniest, most touching, most unexpected novels I've read for a long time.' Guardian

'In the best comic novel tradition, The Fit is also serious and touching ... and like many of the best things in life it fell from a clear sky, and is all the more intriguing for that' The Times

'a sharp novel, full of deft dialogue, ridiculous moments and enjoyable sallies' Literary Review

'Playful, perceptive, and guaranteed to keep the reader's mind on its toes' The Telegraph

'Genuinely beautiful' The Spectator

Praise for THE MULBERRY EMPIRE:

'It's when he turns his pen to the more minute matters of the body and heart that Hensher changes from a merely clever writer into a moving one.' Ned Denny, Daily Mail

‘Hensher is a publisher's dream. At last, he seems to have returned to the fictional territory of his earliest novel, trusting less to research than to his sharp wit, keen eye and love of London.' Patrick Gale, Independent

‘Hensher is gifted with a great virtuosity and a relentless intelligence.' Ian Sansom, Guardian

Philip Hensher’s novels include Kitchen Venom, which won the Somerset Maugham Award, Other Lulus and The Mulberry Empire, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the WH Smith ‘People’s Choice’ Award and highlighted by no fewer than twelve reviewers as their ‘book of the year’. Chosen by Granta to appear on their prestigious, once-a-decade list of the twenty best young British novelists, Philip Hensher is also a columnist for the Independent and chief book reviewer for the Spectator. He lives in south London.