[The Impostor] vibrates with an insomniac energy . . . it has the hot, charged energy of sitting through a trial . . . The language is precise, distinctive and delicious. - New York TimesA fascinating, highly charged, scalpel-sharp dissection. - The TimesThe Impostor is a humane, artistically responsible and civilised book, one that you finish feeling heartened that such a serious-minded writer as Cercas is at work. - Sunday TimesNo Spanish writer has probed the unhealed wounds of the country's history with more subtlety and rigour than Mr Cercas - EconomistBesides being a piece of nifty journalistic detective work, Cercas' book is an insightful psychological study . . . Both convincing and compelling - SpectatorJavier Cercas is one of Europe's most serious and attractive writers . . . Cercas is not content with the easy story, in this case the unmasking of a false hero. He boldly searches for the hidden truths of his elusive subject and his times. - Literary ReviewMasterly . . . Cercas probes this mysterious and extraordinary life with uncommon patience, uncommon skill and uncommon sympathy. - ScotsmanTruth and fiction blend in an outstanding novel about a Holocaust impostor - Sunday Times "Must Reads"