An enthralling novel
O, The Oprah Magazine
Imaginative, compassionate and convincing
Wall Street Journal
In what she has to say about love and betrayal there is profound truth
The Times (UK)
Spellbinding
Sunday Telegraph (UK)
A gripping story of love and betrayal. Dora is the most attractive fictional heroine in a long time
New Statesman
A pacy and exciting read. Captures perfectly the sense of her characters’ deprived and dangerous lives
Daily Mail
A ripper
Stephen Romei, The Australian
Superb… Still as acutely creepy a look into what life was actually like there as I’ve been able to find
William Gibson, New York Times
Your book Stasiland struck me like no other in the last five years. It is fascinating, entertaining, hilarious, horrifying and very important
Tom Hanks
Meticulous and compassionate… a heroic act of listening
London Review of Books
Unforgettable
Sydney Morning Herald
A terrific read
Evening Standard
A fascinating book. It is written with rare literary flair. I can think of no better introduction to the brutal reality of East German repression
Sunday Telegraph
The detail of her cases is so powerful as to disarm
Times Literary Supplement
Electrifying… Daring in both form and content, Funder’s book is a nuanced, sophisticated literary achievement… A sharp, captivating look at a complicated relationship and a resurrection of a vital figure in Orwell’s life
*Starred* Kirkus Review
There’s exhilaration in reading every brilliant word
Chloe Hooper
This book is an utter triumph and nothing short of a miracle
Anne Summers