PRAISE FOR JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVIST
AND LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

‘It would be a very bold move to declare the book of the year with the first Easter egg barely scoffed, but Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist is a book to inspire such boldness…Both a grisly horror-filled mystery and a very touching and human love story, it also boasts wonderfully dry, black humour…A genuinely gripping read. If you read only one gore-filled, vampire love story complete with rich, dark humour and strong cinematic possibilities this year, make sure it’s Let the Right One In.’
Age

‘Brilliant and unexpected…not simply shock and gore, but an offbeat exploration of fear and the meaning of violence.’
Weekend Australian

‘Like all good vampire books, you want to gulp it down in one go.’
Bulletin

‘Reminiscent of Stephen King at his best, there are some truly scary bits in the book that will haunt your dreams. Best read by sunlight.’
Independent on Sunday

‘An energetic, noisy, highly imaginative novel that blends the most extreme kind of vampirish schlock-horror with a complicated love story, a profoundly gory sequence of murders and some rather good domestic realism about life in 1980s Stockholm…Lindqvist, while he seems to be mostly having fun with the idea, has also thought carefully about the issues of blood, death, infection and starvation that sit at the heart of the vampire myth; to say nothing of the close connection between vampirism and eroticism.’
Kerryn Goldsworthy, SMH

‘A surprising and sometimes delightful reading experience… Lindqvist manages to maintain a light touch in an otherwise bleak landscape.’
Sunday Times

‘Combines an atmospheric coming-of-age story set in Stockholm in 1981 with a shocking (and very gory) thriller. His vampire is an original, both heart-breakingly pathetic and terrifying. This was a bestseller in Sweden and could be equally big here. Don’t miss it.’ The Times

‘Gets my vote as one of the books of the year.’
Illawarra Mercury

‘A terrifying supernatural story yet also a moving account of friendship and salvation.’
Guardian

‘One of the creepiest and most imaginative horror stories of the decade…Echoes Stephen King at the apex of his story-telling powers. An unsettling and durable horror tale from the mind of a dangerously imaginative man.’
Herald Sun

‘A compelling horror story, but it’s also a finely calibrated tale about the pain of growing up.’
Sunday Telegraph

‘Lindqvist has reinvented the vampire novel and made it all the more chilling…An immensely readable and highly disturbing book in which grim levels of gore and violence are tempered by an unexpected tenderness.’
Daily Express

‘Lindqvist’s style is deceptively low-key. The plot is complex, at some points as precisely timed as a farce. The pace is brisk, the narrative grabs you from the start and won’t let go…The way Lindqvist manages to pull what amounts to a happy ending out of his conjurer’s hat is one of the many impressive things about a genuinely remarkable book.’
SFX

‘Alluring, fascinating and undeniably weird.’
Gay Times UK

‘Impressive…Lindqvist has attempted to update the ancient vampire myth and in telling the story of a most bizarre friendship, the book succeeds fantastically well.’
Birmingham Post