‘Blistering … Escoffery writes stinging sentences’ The Times

‘All of life is here in unflinching detail: the fragility of existence, the American dream and the road not taken’ The Booker Prize Judges

‘Thrilling … With much tenderness in the gulf between father and son’ Observer

‘So brilliant it stopped me in my tracks … Astonishing’ iNews

‘Brilliantly energetic… his talent feels fully formed and raring to go’ Financial Times

‘Unmissable… rare in that it has the heft and heart of a novel, with the refined finesse of the short story’ Irish Times

‘Surges with the symphonic, imaginative, propulsive energy of Gabriel García Márquez’ Guardian

‘A compelling hurricane of a book’ Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House

Profound, tender, and laugh-out-loud hilarious, If I Survive You will knock you off your feet and keep you spellbound to the very last page … A must-read. Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, shortlisted for The Booker Prize

‘Superb… a much-needed new voice’ Percival Everett, author of Erasure

'This I adore… Sumptuous and astute' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People

‘An elegant meditation on belonging from a powerful new writer’ Nikesh Shukla, author of Brown Baby

‘A dazzling mirror held up to our identity-obsessed time’ Joyce Carol Oates, author of Blonde

‘A gifted, sure-footed storyteller’ New York Times

‘Like nothing you've read before’ Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

‘So damn funny’ Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind