Reviewing Signals of Distress in the 11 Sept Guardian Weekly, Philip Hensher accuses Jim Crace of writing a ‘boy’s book’ in the meretricious style of a Golding feigning Conrad, and ending up all at sea.
Holy Hemingway! At last ... a ‘boy’s book’ which strips the male ego down to a penis’s standing to attention before a flapping flag of feminine hair. A ‘boy’s book’ with scenes ... (read more)