Within the first few sentences, Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals had me hooked...combines the best of sitcom-style drama with just the right amount of gravity... Armstrong’s debut manages to be clever and fun while also retaining grittiness. I hope this is the first of many.

Armstrong at his comic best ... Armstrong’s hilarious portrayal of flawed humanity wins it for me.

Original, unabashed and irresistibly funny.

Well-written and full of good gags.

A truly comic novel.

Very smart.

Armstrong has written a very funny novel about a very nasty war without being disrespectful or patronising – a remarkable achievement

Armstrong has dry, awkward British humour down to perfection.

A refreshing, entertaining, funny and relatable read.

This is a novel that takes comedy out of its comfort zone… And the good news is that the more serious Armstrong gets, the funnier and filthier the jokes become.

If you have ever laughed at Peep Show,…The Thick of It…or Four Lions, among others, then you can’t afford to miss this clever, cynical and roaringly funny debut from their co-writer Jesse Armstrong.

One of our most accomplished TV writers has announced himself as a novelist to watch with the best Waugh-like war story debut novel sine William Boyd’s A Good Man in Africa almost 35 years ago.

It’s very funny and very dry – a debut novel that will clearly be the first of many.

Hilarious and thoughtful.

Darkly funny yet moving debut.

A “serious” novel that is genuinely and frequently funny.

This debut novel from Jesse Armstrong…is every bit as funny and cringe-inducing as the sitcoms he made his name writing.

one of the year’s funniest books.

brilliantly funny… the dialogue and the characters are fantastic.

Zusak's novel is a highwire act of inventiveness and emotional suppleness

A triumph of control ...one of the most unusual and compelling of recent Australian novels

...the much talked about The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak...should soon have the UK under its spell.

...this is a novel to touch even the coldest of hearts - definitely 2007's first must-read book.

A compelling tale from the start...definitely 2007's first must-read book.

A moving story from the German perspective of everyday civilian hardship and surivival under the Third Reich. It celebrates the power of words and love, in the face of unutterable suffering

Death turns out to be a tender narrator in Zusak's 'The Book Thief' [...] This novel movingly depicts the Himmel Street community, and its orphaned book thief, Liesel Meminger

Your emotions by the end of this novel are shot to pieces, but it's well worth it.

Although already a bestselling children's book, THE BOOK THIEF's insightful and poignant tone and appealing characters...are amply equipped to capture adults, too.