In the Place of Fallen Leaves

• Giles Foden In the Place of Fallen Leaves Tim Pears   'Long in abeyance, the English rural novel flourishes again in Tim Pears' story of a 13-year-old Devon farmgirl's confrontation with sex, death and the weather... an unusually welll-made novel which, through being less English than one would expect, produces a very English kind of magic.

  Submitted Jul 22nd 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• Jane Gardam In the Place of Fallen Leaves Tim Pears   It is most beautifully written, hypnotic as Proust, very funny and full of love that doesn't cloy... It is a dreamy, easy, wonderful read - and quite remarkable for a first novel.

  Submitted Jul 22nd 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• Philip Hensher In the Place of Fallen Leaves Tim Pears   An engaging, well-written and original novel. Pears could write about doing the washing up and make it interesting.

  Submitted Jul 22nd 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• Barbara Trapido In the Place of Fallen Leaves Tim Pears   The writing is so genuine. Nothing is posturing or romanticised. The characters really touched me. There's so much talent here.

  Submitted Jul 21st 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments