By Battersea Bridge

A triumph – Susie Boyt * Independent *
So deliciously written that it’s worth re-reading to savour the images she conjures up…it’s a joy to read – Clare Colvin * Daily Mail *
We’re lucky to have such an intelligent chronicler of our present - and of the dirty, noisy beauty of contemporary London – Tessa Hadley * Guardian *
Easy to read and oddly compelling…a memorable, and very clever, book – Lucy Atkins * Sunday Times *
Funny and real as well as impressively sympathetic…this perceptive, engaging little novel says a great deal about human vulnerability, resilience and the passivity that too often goes unnoticed. – Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
The book is studded with gem-like observations of this privileged English family, whose preoccupations are ‘schooling, property and the form of things’. Davey brilliantly observes the mix of obstinacy and pride - the fortitude - required to survive such a heritage. By Battersea Bridge is itself a kind of verbal still life, with exquisite and revelatory strokes wherever you look – Jon Canter * Lady *
Anita is an immediately recognisable psychological type, the product of a pressurized upbringing… This personality type is realistically portrayed as every detail in the novel, down to the smell of boiling turkey stock in her ageing parents’ Hampshire home. – Ophelia Field * Observer *
Stylish and mesmerising. * Sainsbury’s Magazine *
The glinting briskness of Davey’s prose, the acuteness of her observations and the crispness of her wit keep the pages swiftly turning – Stephanie Cross * TLS *
Davey is a subtle and delicate writer, and this is an excellent study of modern alienation – William Leith * Evening Standard *

Janet Davey was born in 1953. She is the author of English Correspondence, which was longlisted for the 2002 Orange Prize, First Aid and The Taxi Queue. She lives in London.

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