Elmet

A brooding study of family and belonging - Daily Telegraph

A fantastic, taught, very strange novel - BBC Radio 4, Front Row

Readers across Yorkshire will be hoping Ms Mozley’s ascent to literary stardom continues - Yorkshire Post

Atmospheric and unsettling - Press

A stunning debut … It may be the best thing about the Booker too despite its oddness, or perhaps because of it … it quickly turns into an utterly arresting novel about family, home, rural exploitation, violence and, most of all, the loyalty and love of children under siege … Elmet is in so many ways a wonder to behold. It is also this year’s David among the predictable Goliaths on the Booker list. How thrilling if David were to win against them - Evening Standard

Fiona Mozley is a rising star of British fiction … far from being bleak, Elmet is beautiful. Ms Mozley writes with clarity and insight, and her descriptions of the natural world and human relationships are both specific and profound … With very few missteps, this accomplished novel builds to a devastating conclusion. Like another great work about a family on the margins, Housekeeping, the 1980 debut by Marilynne Robinson, an American novelist and essayist, Elmet is a quiet explosion of a book, exquisite and unforgettable. It is hard not to feel that at 29, Ms Mozley has only just begun - The Economist

The scattered moments of raw talent are arresting - The Times

An impressive slice of contemporary noir steeped in Yorkshire legend … Elmet possesses a rich and unfussy lyricism - Guardian