The Vintner's Luck

Editorial Reviews

"This is a gorgeous novel: as fine, rich, satiny and unpredictable as the vintages that it describes" - The Times

"Ms Knox's philosophical scheme defies brief summary: like a witty, post-modern Milton, she rewrites the Christian myth and the whole cosmology of 'Paradise Lost'" - Economist

"A beautifully written exploration of the inexplicable, into which is woven an all-too-human chronicle of burning desire, violence, murderousness, bitter jealousy, curiosity, sexual deviations, shame and a fidelity of a sort" - The Times

"Enchanting" - She

"The nearest useful comparison to Knox's conceptual framework is Philip Pullman's Northern Lights, which also explores social power and control in the context of other possible quantum universes" - ABC magazine

"Angelic writing and inspired structure" - Guardian

"Knox comprehends the irredeemable sadness of loss and, more than any writer I have read for years, manages to touch the heart by paring sophistry and digression from the essential cores of her characters. Beautifully written, The Vintner's Luck possesses a complex bouquet of conceits and ideas but it is the simplicity of Elizabeth Knox's writing that in the end draws out the savour of human experience and compassion." - Independent on Sunday

"A strange book, both whimsical and deeply ambitious" - Independent