Dan Fesperman's novels always offer interesting and thought-provoking commentary on contemporary world events and in THE AMATEUR SPY he tackles Middle East terrorism with a story that contains a disquietingly topical element...A fine thriller to add to his impressive body of work * Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph *
A gritty verisimilitude against a subtle political backdrop. The scene-setting is vivid and dramatic. Mr Fesperman is especially good on the murky frontier where journalists, aid-workers and spies trade information...He is honing the genre of intelligent political thrillers. Foreign correspondents should note: they now have some new standards to match. * Economist *
It goes without saying that Fesperman is a master of orchestrating tension - but he is equally good at characterising his vulnerable, conflicted protagonists * Daily Express *
Fesperman taps another timely issue in his fourth topical thriller...a superb job * Publishers Weekly *
Fascinating ... a thought-provoking and exciting read * Observer on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO *
An absorbing novel with some provocative commentary on America's war on terror * Susannah Yager, Sunday Telegraph on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO *
A neat sense of conspiratorial tension...Fesperman's use of spy tradecraft is good - even creative - and never more elaborate than the situation calls for * Washington Post on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO *
A superb spy thriller worthy of sharing shelf space with the novels of John le Carre and Ken Follett...darkly imaginative...draws a dramatic portrait * USA Today on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO *
A terrific novel of intrigue, duplicity and death in the shadow of the Khyber Pass...Fesperman is that rare journalist who is also a gifted novelist...first-rate * Washington Post on THE WARLORD'S SON *
One of the best writers of intelligent thrillers based on contemporary events working today...observant, thoughtful, witty * Baltimore Sun on THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO *
A new book by Dan Fesperman is becoming a major literary event . . . an utterly compelling thriller and quite simply the best I've read all year. * Sunday Telegraph on THE WARLORD'S SON *
Fesperman offers a level of cultural and political nuance not always found in adventure thrillers. * Booklist on THE WARLORD'S SON *
A first-rate geopolitical yarn . . . Fesperman combines his strong eye for detail with bleak film-noir cynicism, managing to make plot twists that could have felt contrived seem depressingly believable. * Entertainment Weekly on THE WARLORD'S SON *
Dan Fesperman has written that rare thing: a fine and intelligent novel that makes you think, and keeps you turning the pages. * Val McDermid on THE SMALL BOAT OF GREAT SORROWS *
In THE WARLORD'S SON, Dan Fesperman, an American foreign correspondent who covered the war in Afghanistan, succeeds in writing a convincing, accurate thriller . . . This book is worth reading if only for the passage where the hero, Skelly, glimpses Osama bin Laden at a public hanging; the scene both convinces and frightens. * The Economist on THE WARLORD'S SON *
Fesperman is the closest thing America has to John le Carre, a writer of great elegance and sophistication whose novels are as topical as they are compelling. In a market saturated by factory-made thrillers, Fesperman stands out as a spy novelist of the highest quality. * Charles Cumming, The Week *
