Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

"The sheer quality and depth of the writing make it one of the great books of the century" ― Times Literary Supplement

"Impossible to put down, both timeless and of its time - a travel book and epic narrative history brimming with passion, anger, scholarship and intuition, hatred and love" ― Observer

"One of the supreme masterpieces of the twentieth century . . . As a book about Yugoslavia it's a kind of metaphysical Lonely Planet that never requires updating" -- GEOFF DYER

"It is hard to convey the flavour of a book so rich in observation, history, philosophy, political ideas and ironic humour" ― The Times

"It is a brilliant antidote to the disease that would have us believe that these are faraway countries about which we know nothing" ― Guardian

"Such incandescent writing - you find yourself wanting to mark every sentence in order to go back and relish it again" -- BRIAN ENO

"Rebecca West's magnum opus . . . one of the great books of our time" ― New Yorker

"You will search in vain for a more original, assured and companionable guide to former Yugoslavia" ― Financial Times

"Dame Rebecca, the finest reporter of her generation, saw everything . . . A remarkably easy read" ― Sunday Telegraph

"Written with a fierce intelligence that any journalist must envy and admire" ― Daily Telegraph