“The novel is rich in well-turned individual scenes. . . . it is a work in which the esthetic and political problems are meshed in an almost classical way.”
—The New York Times
“It is elaborately, strikingly and indeed often beautifully written.”
—The Times
“A great steaming marsh of a novel. . . brimful of promise and life.”
—New Statesmen
“The first African novel that has a texture of real complexity and depth.”
—Gerald Moore, The New African
