Louise Dean
Praise for The Old Romantic
Channels the rough music of everyday life with a tragicomic subtlety, a pin-sharp ear for dialogue and a flair for every nuance of character and class. Louise Dean's fearless, frank and darkly comic novels have brou ...
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
Dark, scurrilous and richly comic. There is so much to treasure in this terrific book, but its deepest joy is the sharp, perceptive writing
Financial Times
Dean is able to demonstrate her unobtrusive skill as the creator of comic set-pieces...painfully funny
The Sunday Times
Channels the rough music of everyday life with a tragicomic subtlety, a pin-sharp ear for dialogue and a flair for every nuance of character and class. Louise Dean's fearless, frank and darkly comic novels have brou ...
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
Dark, scurrilous and richly comic. There is so much to treasure in this terrific book, but its deepest joy is the sharp, perceptive writing
Financial Times
Dean is able to demonstrate her unobtrusive skill as the creator of comic set-pieces...painfully funny
The Sunday Times
Channels the rough music of everyday life with a tragicomic subtlety, a pin-sharp ear for dialogue and a flair for every nuance of character and class. Louise Dean's fearless, frank and darkly comic novels have brou ...
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
Dark, scurrilous and richly comic. There is so much to treasure in this terrific book, but its deepest joy is the sharp, perceptive writing
Financial Times
Dean is able to demonstrate her unobtrusive skill as the creator of comic set-pieces...painfully funny
The Sunday Times