A carnival of pain and pleasure, violence, tenderness, high jinks of every sexual sort, quaint customs and quainter jokes

An extraordinary feat of imagination... a sensuous, often farcical and ultimately optimistic argument for spiritual sanity

Mr de Bernières writes superbly

His most serious and ambitious achievement to date

Pleasurable... Like Steinbeck, de Bernières deserves praise for his imaginative sympathy

Shafak will challenge Paulo Coelho's dominance

An honour killing is at the centre of this stunning novel... Exotic, evocative and utterly gripping

Lushly and memorably magic-realist... This is an extraordinarily skilfully crafted and ambitious narrative

The book calls to mind The Color Purple in the fierceness of its engagement with male violence and its determination to see its characters to a better place. But Shafak is closer to Isabel Allende in spirit, confidence and charm. Her portrayal of Muslim cultures, both traditional and globalising, is as hopeful as it is politically sophisticated. This alone should gain her the world audience she has long deserved

In Honour, Shafak treats an important, absorbing subject in a fast-paced, internationally familiar style that will make it accessible to a wide readership

Fascinating and gripping - a wonderful novel

Vivid storytelling... that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love

Moving, subtle and ultimately hopeful, Honour is further proof that Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years