'Joanna Walsh is fast becoming one of our most important writers.' Deborah Levy-----------'Walsh's writing has intellectual rigour and bags of formal bravery.' Melissa Harrison, Financial Times------------'Haunting and unforgettable stories.' Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick----------'Profoundly affecting.' Alex Preston, Best Books of 2016, The Guardian----------'Beautifully simple and unembellished.' Claire Hazelton, The Guardian----------'Beautifully wrought.' Cathy Rentzenbrink, Stylist----------'Intriguing, one I return to and discover more layers in each time.' Elizabeth Reapy, Irish Times Books of the Year----------'By turns funny, surreal, modernist, remaining at all times accessible.' Sarah Gilmartin, Irish Times----------'A genuinely original collection, sharp and sparse.' Mike McCormack, Irish Independent----------'Walsh is a sublimely elegant writer.' Sarah Ditum, New Statesman----------'Splendidly wry and offbeat ... both intellectual and aware.' Lesley McDowell, Sunday Herald----------'Indefinable.' Big Issue North----------'Think Renata Adler's Speedboat with a faster engine.' Steph Cha, Los Angeles Times----------'Her stories reveal a psychological landscape lightly spooked by loneliness, jealousy and alienation.' Heidi Julavits, New York Times----------'Vertigo is a funny, absurd collection of stories.' Maddie Crum, The Huffington Post----------'Her writing sways between the tense and the absurd.' Jonathon Sturgeon, Flavorwire----------'A feat of language.' Kirkus, Starred Review----------'Walsh is an inventive, honest writer.' Publishers Weekly----------'This collection makes the familiar alien, breaking down and remaking quotidian situations, and in the process turning them into gripping literature.' Vol. 1 Brooklyn----------'Moments of blazing perspicacity, creativity, intelligence, and dark humour are insanely abundant in [Walsh's] writing.' Natalie Helberg, Numero Cinq----------'Vertigo is a writer's coup, an overthrow of everyday language.' Darcie Dennigan, The Rumpus
