'This is a fine study of the melancholy and obsessiveness which become the drunk’s world. Richardson understands perfectly how these extraordinary characters work.'
William Leith, The Daily Telegraph

'Richardson’s writing is seductively enveloping ... uproariously funny and horribly cringe-inducing.'
Time Out London

'...this fascinating, partly fictional recollection ... this remarkable evocation of those narrow streets, that smog of cigarettes and alcohol, and the motley crew which inhabited Soho.'
Charles Osborne, The Sunday Telegraph