Books Quote by MiddleRoad Publishers

“The diverse characters in the book become enmeshed in the struggle and the tension between them builds increasingly from page to page…” – Enrico…

— MiddleRoad Publishers

“FROM ELEANOR GILLON I finished Racing with the Rain this morning and WOW, what a great book. It kept me wondering what was going…

— Eleanor Gillon

The prose of Joe Pulver can take its place with that of the masters of our genre – E.A. Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Ramsey Campbell,…

— S. T. Joshi

I used to like Dick Francis novels as a kid, who was like Enid Blyton but based around horses, and he'd write about the…

— Bez

“Novels arise out of the shortcoings of history.”

— Novalis

With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified…

— Bob Shacochis

“The most celebrated American author of the twentieth century, Bellow objected during the first part of his career to being designated a “Jewish writer,…

— Hana Wirth-Nesher

One of my favourite contemporary fiction writers is a Texan, Ben Fountain. His extraordinary novel, Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk, all takes place within…

— Adam Hochschild

“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader, not the fact that it’s raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” The”

— E. L. Doctorow

“Of all my novels, this book will stand out for me because of the sea change it inspired in the way I think about…

— Jodi Picoult

“The novel is a hybrid genre and a large part of its charm arises from the alluvial nature of its materials. There is nothing…

— Enrique Vila-Matas

When I was a young child and before he had left us for the U.S., my father would give me Mark Twain novels. In…

— David Lammy