' This is a work of visceral urgency and power: it heralds the arrival of a major talent' -- Amitav Ghosh 20050401 'So scorched by loss and anger that it's hard to hold and so gripping in its sheer hopeless lifeforce that it's hard to put down.' -- Ali Smith, Guardian 20050903 'The power of his material and its hideous relevance rolls all before it ... This book about children that is in no sense a children's book deserves to be read' -- Independent 20050819 'This is an extraordinary book ... horrifying expose ... vivid ... It casts a powerful, if gruesome spell' -- Sunday Telegraph 20050918 'Iweala makes a compelling story from experience which in its nature defies articulation ... Uzodinma Iweala's is a confident and promising new voice' -- Times Literary Supplement 20050923 'Gives a name, a voice and a heart to one of Africa's innumerable child soldiers ... This is urgent writing, starkly unsentimental and convincing' -- Observer 20050828 'His riveting revelations... make this a truly shocking and unforgettable book.' -- Waterstone's Books Quarterly 20060501 'First-time novelist Uzodinma Iweala has made a virtue of simplicity and, in beautifully unadorned language, has captured the universal tragedy of war and its victims.' -- Telegraph/Seven, Sally Cousins 20060611 'Linguistically ingenious, Beasts of No Nation is a remarkable debut, a hugely resonant discourse on an uncomfortable subject.' -- Observer, Helen Zaltzman 20060611 'This sad, unforgettable novel is a fitting testament to the countless Agus who continue to kill and be killed across that most tragic of continents.' -- Daily Telegraph, David Isaacson 20060610 'A chilling work of fiction that has visceral impact.' -- Guardian/The Guide 20060610 'Compelling ... perturbing, painful and powerful' -- Irish Independent 20050910 'A stunningly mature debut' -- Big Issue 20051029 'Compelling, haunting and refreshing' -- The Review 20051106 'Stream-like sentences that convey irrestible, rushing activitiy ... Iweala's powerful debut recalls Saro-Wiwa's first-person masterpiece of a soldier-boy' -- The Times 20051106 'A searing first novel' -- Independent 20051106 'Beasts of No Nation is written with the authority of someone who knows what they're talking about' -- London Review of Books 20051006 'A simple and brutal account of war ... Beasts of No Nation is a raw, compelling first novel' -- Literary Review 20050901
