Praise for the work of

For A Spy In Time

“Riveting and inventive, Coovadia delivers the goods in a rollicking tale across time and perception.”

—Gary Phillips,
Editor of The Obama Inheritance

For The Wedding

“Both hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a story of love and loathing at first sight.”

—Booklist

“As soon as one reads the first few pages of South African novelist Coovadia’s premier novel, the cadences of Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy immediately come to mind.”

—Library Journal

For Tales of the Metric System

“The collected stories structure recalls David Mitchell’s Ghostwritten, or Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad. As a character says early on, ‘We get most of our energy from complications.’ These complications rapidly pile up, resulting in a layered, multifaceted narrative.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Using the transition to the metric system as both the catalyst and symbol for radical change, Coovadia places his characters in a historical context that explains their triumphs and shortcomings without offering excuses.”

—World Literature Today