From the reviews of The Family on Paradise Pier:
‘Bolger has written his finest novel: this portrait of a lost Anglo-Irish world reaching out into every struggle of the twentieth century is fantastically adventurous’
SEBASTIAN BARRY, Guardian
‘The novel unfolds with the graceful skill for which Bolger is remarkable’
Sunday Telegraph
‘A beautiful tribute to a fascinating family’
Irish Sunday Independent
‘Possibly his finest achievement…whether he’s capturing the slums of Dublin or the pain of a missed opportunity in love, Bolger’s writing simply sings’
Sunday Business Post
‘Bolger’s writing is so strong, so exact, so much the right colour for each moment. Bare and passionate’
Financial Times
‘The Family on Paradise Pier places Bolger on a new level…the writer is a master storyteller’
Irish Book Review
‘A remarkable novel…The Family on Paradise Pier attests to his being unequivocally one of the best living Irish novelists’
Village Magazine