A truly great translation ... So much of Dostoevsky's effectiveness as a narrator depends on tiny details that it is of true importance to have a punctilious translator - but also a lively one; and Ready's version is colloquial, compellingly modern ... Crime and Punishment is also extremely funny. Ready brings out this quality well -- A. N. Wilson Spectator Oliver Ready's dynamic translation certainly succeeds in implicating new readers in Dostoevsky's old novel -- Robert Bird Times Literary Supplement Oliver Ready's translation of Crime and Punishment ... is a five-star hit, which will make you see the original with new eyes -- A. N. Wilson Times Literary Supplement BOOKS OF THE YEAR