“It’s a long time since I read a book that was so consistently enjoyable. The whole novel, while tough and disenchanted, increases your appetite for life.” —Eastern Daily Press “A strange and comic odyssey, too complicated to summarize, but a joy to read.” —Daily Telegraph “Pocock and Pitt is philosophical, witty and erudite, wise and exciting and one of the best novels I have read this year.” —Irish Times “Elliott Baker is one of the wittiest of American authors. Quite rightly, this is a “one of a kind” fiction.” —The Scotsman