"A very fine first novel. Dawson writes very well, with . . . a poetic perception of how tremulous is the distinction between the mad world and the sane." - Glasgow Herald "A remarkably talented first novel . . . Miss Dawson is neither sentimental nor sensational . . . Her heroine is a convincing and sympathetic character, and when her mind begins to shift into the nightmare perspective of schizophrenia the writing creates an atmosphere of quiet terror." - Observer "Cool, short, tender and occasionally as prettily ruthless as the impact of a stiletto heel . . . twice as alarming because everything is implied rather than explicit." - Tatler "A cool, clever, well-constructed novel about the nature of reality . . . Miss Dawson writes very well indeed . . . [B]rilliant." - Penelope Mortimer, Sunday Times "A novel about madness which succeeds completely." - Daily Telegraph "A little masterpiece." - Bookman "I wanted the knack of...