“A novel is a tricky thing to map.”
“But that was the thing about metaphors, those tricky comparisons of dissimilar things. They weren't always tricky. Or dissimilar.”
“A spectacular novel of colonial China that should put this first-time author on the map.” - Kirkus Reviews”
“This was the tricky bit. The really tricky bit, trickiness cubed.”
“And that's the tricky thing about life, really, that the things we want most will kill us.”
“When well told, a story captured the subtle movement of change. If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.”