Reviews round-up
Nonesuch
by Francis Spufford
5 of 5 critics positive
7 reviews: 4 raves, 1 positive; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“Touching, funny and profound, Francis Spufford’s Nonesuch is a riot”
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford: Time and reality bend in magical wartime London
“this exuberant novel is a popcorny delight”
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford review – a dazzling wartime fantasy
“is a genre-defying delight”
Francis Spufford’s Nonesuch is a genre-defying delight
“as realistic as a rollercoaster and twice as enjoyable”
This novel is ‘as realistic as a rollercoaster and twice as enjoyable’
“pure story of the richest kind”
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford: Distinctly Narnian in timbre – pure story of the richest kind
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford — angels in the Blitz
Chasing Fascists Through the London Blitz, With Time Travel and Angels
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