Death of a Murderer - Rilegato

“Thomson has built up one of the most substantial bodies of work by any British novelist, [and] he has finally delivered his masterpiece, a novel so strong that it seems a foregone conclusion that Thomson will enjoy the commercial success and widespread acclaim he deserves.”
–Matt Thorne, The Independent on Sunday

“Thomson reaches the summit of his powers with Death of a Murderer, a novel of beautiful moral complexity.”
–Andrew O’Hagan

“Thomson is one of the classiest novelists writing in English today . . . Death of a Murderer is, in fact, a master class in technique and control . . . a novel of tremendous subtlety and power, realism in the very best sense of the word.”
–Sydney Morning Herald

"[An] imaginatively rigorous novel leads us a long way into the regions of collective nightmare."
--Sam Thompson, The Times Literary Supplement

"A slowly enthralling journey around the nature of guilt . . . One of Thomson's many gifts as a writer is the way that he presents--carefully, sparely and often delicately--finely wrought plots whose far-fetched path or lack of realism are so beautifully rendered that they become almost naturalistic."
--Sue Norris, Financial Times

"Ambitious and brave . . . a complex, multi-layered novel, Death of a Murderer contains some beautiful writing, occasional poetry, and an aching sense of the vulnerability of those we love."
--Carol Birch, The Independent

"An exquisitely controlled performance . . . Thomson is able to make glories of the tiniest moments."
--Toby Litt, The Guardian

"As unsettling as you would want any piece of art to be."
--Alex Clark, The Observer