Another splendidly surreal book from Mr Barrows pen . . . Beautifully written, with a splendid eye for the inconsequential detail Jennifer Paterson, Spectator
The Man in the Moon cuts a ripping tear through the elaborations of the current English tragi-comic novel Iain Finlayson, Financial Times
A splendid straight-faced comedy, not to be missed Penelope Fitzgerald, Evening Standard
Andrew Barrows deadpan wit and extraordinary ear for dialogue turn this short novel into a comic masterpiece Selina Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
Possibly the most misanthropic novel Ive read since Gullivers Travels Lucy Atkins, Guardian
The late flowering of Andrew Barrow as a comic genius has been one of the most refreshing events of modern fiction . . . Full of insight into our failure to connect, the book is sad, funny, even haunting Hugh Massingberd, Oldie
Barrow does not just observe where the bias is visual he also successfully captures registers of speech . . . A single word, looking no more than utilitarian, often evokes a whole personality Hal Jensen, Times Literary Supplement
The Man in the Moon is not only an extraordinary display of what the huge ears and dissecting blade of Mr Barrow can do when they are loosed upon the unconnected babble of those upon whom he eavesdrops, it is also a brilliant, hilarious and highly disturbing testament to what careless talk reveals . . . Imagine The Waste Land written by Harold Pinter Alan Coren, Spectator
