Description: "Few writers are better than Mr. Mason at capturing . . . pure pleasure." -- The Wall Street Journal "A highly original book. Part magic realism, part fable, part history and wholly engrossing." -- The Times (London) "Exquisite and gripping." -- The Observer (London) "A poignant, riveting tale. . . . Dastardly, sensuous, mysterious." -- The Sunday Times "Richard Mason's gripping prose and psychological insight have marked him out as one of the outstanding writers of his generation. Utterly entrancing . . . An epic narrative in which human failure and decency are opposing forces in this riveting morality tale." --Geordie Greig, Editor, Mail on Sunday "Marquez-like. . . . Mason elegantly rotates between characters (and animals) with wisdom, pathos and real humour, gently but thoroughly exploring race and identity at a moment of huge political turmoil: a grand success, entirely on its own terms." -- Press Association "A gorgeous treat of a novel, full of contradictions and subtleties. The complicated love-hate, race-stained relationship between Piet and Luvo and Ntsina is worth the cover price alone." -- The Times (London), Book of the Month "Richard Mason is a writer not to be missed." -- Cosmopolitan (Italy) "This is one of the finest novels I have read for many years. It has at its centre truth and beautiful prose: it doesn't get much better than that." --Jennifer Crocker, The Cape Times "Superb . . . . Fascinating. . . . [Mason's] novels tell the rare and profound kind of truth that only stellar fiction can." -- Pretoria News (South Africa) "A stunning tour de force that will leave you gripped, moved and inspired. A richly atmospheric historical novel that says much about the way we live now. Who Killed Piet Barol? is a book to read again and again: a compelling story written in luminous prose with vividly-realised characters . . . A writer at the height of his powers." --Alex Preston, author of In Love and War "Revolutionary." -- Vanity Fair (Italy) "Mesmerizing. . . . Enthralling. . . . Will grip the reader from the opening sentences to its shattering climax. . . . A creation by a writer of exquisite talent." -- Bookreporter "Vivid . . . . Eloquent, sensuous prose. . . . Mason imbues the forest with life, taking readers inside the psyche of each tree, animal, or insect, as it senses the looming danger." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Subtly captures the reader's heart. Then breaks it. . . . The novel turns the question posed by the title into a philosophical theme. Luminously reminiscent of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and recalling the disastrous culture clash of Barbara Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible." -- Booklist (starred review) "Mason continues to earn his reputation with exquisitely crafted sentences and a dizzying knack for storytelling." -- Kirkus Reviews "An ambitious tale of colonial greed. . . . Mason unspools a story rich in detail and populated with deeply flawed characters whose lives intersect in the once-pristine forest that inspires acts sacred and profane. Mason handles multiple story lines with an lan of a seasoned raconteur." -- Publishers Weekly

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