- What an extraordinary novel this is. And an absolutely riveting read as well. I simply couldn't put it down.
- It's a truly inspirational story of four young Hungarian Jewish friends in Budapest in 1938, prior to the Nazi invasion, and the family of one of the friends who made her way to Australia years later. It's set in 1938 and 2007. The friends and the Australian grandson are all brilliant mathematicians.
- The narrative structure works perfectly. There are two voices - the author’s, and one of the friends who has written a journal. The journal, written in rather plain, unadorned prose, brings 1938 alive, while Sved herself, more colourfully, tells the contemporary Australian story.
- This remarkable novel will undoubtedly win the Miles Franklin in 2020. I say that with full confidence, and you heard it here first.
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