"An ambitious, panoramic portrait." ― The Guardian
"A dizzyingly transcontinental epic. Saraswati most certainly delivers, darting thrillerishly around the world to fold chewy themes of empire, populism and global warming into a cross-generational epic centred on seven strangers." ― The Observer, Best New Novels of the Year
"A surging, roaring deluge of a novel, which ebbs and flows with a flood of wonderfully overlapping stories. I absolutely loved it."
― Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13
"A bold, intriguing tapestry of near-future tales: part absurdist political satire, part folkloric meditation, part ecological parable, this novel pulses with a frenetic energy that brings together a cast of beguiling characters." ― Aube Rey Lescure, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of River East, River West
"Capacious and brilliant. It has all the sweeping ambition of a great epic with the intimate genius of a master short story write."
― Anna Metcalfe, author of Chrysalis