India Knight is the author of four previous novels- Mutton, Comfort and Joy, Don't You Want Me? and My Life on a Plate. She is a columnist for the Sunday Times and lives in Suffolk with her partner and three children.
It takes a brave author to attempt a contemporary reimagining of
such a beloved novel. Luckily, India Knight [...] has courage and
talent in spades ... It's beautifully and meticulously done,
echoing the detail of the original plot as far as feasible, but
with contemporary twists ... Knight is warmer than Mitford, and
more comforting
*Sunday Times*
Fans of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit Of Love will adore this
brilliant contemporary take ... The writing is as sharp, the
details as perfect, the jokes as funny as [the] original
*Daily Mail*
The delight is in the details. Knight's are bang on, and there's
joy in spotting them ... There's heart as well as humour: it was,
and remains, a sincere romance ... Pursuit of Love diehards can
rest easy: your blood vessels are safe with this faithful, fiercely
funny homage
*Spectator*
In less talented hands, Knight's retelling of this classic novel
might have gone horribly wrong. But Darling is a treat, with
whip-smart dialogue, larger-than- life characters, witty
observations and a heart-breaking twist ... Fans will love Knight's
clever re-imagining of this classic tale - and new readers will
relish the chance to discover the glorious Radletts
*Daily Express*
What could have been a disaster - a modern reimagining of Nancy
Mitford's superlative comedy of manners The Pursuit of Love - is an
absolute triumph. Romantic, clever and oh-so funny
*The i Paper, What We're Reading*
A perfect comfort read: the kind of book you take into the bath and
keep reading even when the water has gone cold, a one-sitting,
dark-at-four joy ... Darling is a very human book, full of feelings
and heartbreak and humour and joy
*Guardian*
Beguiling reimagining ... Spry and wry Darling is delicious
*Mail on Sunday, Best New Fiction*
[A] lively modern update of a passionately loved classic ... A
sizzling modern-day comedy of manners. Plenty of Mitfordian wit but
with Ukip peers and mobile phones
*The Times, Best Fiction to Read This Autumn*
I found myself tearing through, beguiled by Knight's faithful
channelling of Radlett ways, wiles and speech patterns ...
Reinventing anything so beloved is a formidable challenge, and
Knight has risen to it admirably
*The Bookseller*
A modern retelling of Nancy Mitford's beloved The Pursuit of Love
... Knight nails the wit and satire
*Grazia*
Sheer brilliance. Darling is hilarious and heartbreaking and vivid
and and clever and utterly compulsive - I absolutely loved it
*Francesca Segal, author of Mother Ship*
Total escapist bliss. A joyous updating of the Mitford classic. I
loved every page
*Sabine Durrant, author of Finders Keepers*
A savagely funny, bracingly sad, dazzlingly clever reimagining of
The Pursuit of Love. I loved it
*Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss*
A triumph! Brilliantly done, faithful but imaginative, tremendously
romantic and very funny. Meeting the Radlett family again in the
21st century was an absolute a treat, rather like hearing a new
arrangement of beloved old carol and hearing it anew, with
trumpets
*Nina Stibbe, author of Reasons to be Cheerful*
Darling is a black forest gateau of a book: rich characters,
sumptuous prose, delicious dialogue, and layered throughout with
sharp wit and intelligence (which are even better than the cherry
liqueur the gateau calls for). Somehow, India Knight's writing
manages to be hilarious, melancholy, insightful, and romantic all
at the same time. Treat yourself to this novel
*Katherine Heiny, author of Early Morning Riser*
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