Joyce Cary
Praise for Herself Surprised, To Be a Pilgrim, The Horse's Mouth
Acute, balanced, and at times brilliantly pure narrative, with a delicacy of insight that adorns everything he touches.
Times Literary Supplement
Its excellence lies in the great skill with which a character is drawn in all its variety … and in the unhesitating and illuminating detail of half a century of English life.
The Observer