“Gil Adamson’s The Outlander is, simply enough, a superb novel, and one senses in the fine writing the potential, or perhaps the eventuality, of a major writer. The frayed material of the North American west is rendered in astonishingly fresh light. The Outlander is also suspenseful to a degree that you are often in a state of physical unrest, a condition only occasioned by first-rate fiction.”
—Jim Harrison
“Adamson’s writing is superb. . . .”
— Maclean’s
“. . . uniquely tasty . . . If The Outlander were only this wry reconstruction of the turn-of-the-century woman, it would be worth the price of admission. It is much more. . . . A dark wonder.”
— Globe and Mail
“. . . the prose style of The Outlander is rich with natural details and metaphors. . . .”
— Toronto Star
“Gil Adamson has chiselled her characters, polished every word, and turned The Outlander into something magical. . . . Adamson’s characters are fully formed, described with nuances and details that make us feel that we really know them. And her writing is beautiful — poetic, descriptive, lyrical. . . . This is a book that lingers in the mind long after the final page has been read.”
— The Guelph Mercury
“In the tradition of Guy Vanderhaeghe, this is a dark novel with a long finish. It should age well.”
— The Sun Times (Owen Sound)
“Adamson has crafted a complex portrait of a natural landscape and the ways in which a motley crew of human misfits interacts with it. . . . Original and strikingly precise.”
— Fast Forward Weekly (Calgary)
“Throughout the novel, Adamson’s keen eye for detail and mastery of language are much in evidence . . . subtle and vividly imagined.”
— Winnipeg Free Press