A moving and compelling work. It can be reminiscent of some of the later works of Naipaul, but the work it most insistently reminds me of is in fact not a text at all but a film, Pontecorvo's 'The Battle for Algiers'. The prose writer whom I would guess Gray has learned most from is John Berger, but Gray's writing has a streak of lyrical humour that is quite absent from Berger's writing, and which gives his work a wholly distinctive tone. Dr Dick Davis, award-winning poet, and Department Chair, Ohio State University.

A remarkable work of literature. Mr Gray reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut. The writing is swirling and chaotic, rarely in one place, a terrific collision of ideas and images, memories and diatribes. Like Vonnegut, he isn't afraid of playfulness. I like that in a writer. It shows good command. Make no mistake, we are in the hands of an accomplished writer. He shames pretenders like Augusten Burroughs and James Frey because clearly Mr Gray is the real deal. Dr Glyn Parry, award-winning Australian author, and educationalist.

Nigel Gray is a writer of substance. Connections are made that are still resonating with me. At times I was reminded of Agitprop Theatre. At other times there was a tenderness and poetry that was very moving and empathic. Dick O'Toole's adventures are anchored in a corrupt world where love and acceptance have to be seized wherever and whenever they can. I was often profoundly moved by his expert storytelling and then Gray would subtly (and often not so subtly) undercut so that the authorial voice was never very far away. Many of the quotations and world events read like a counter-culture alternative history of the latter half of the twentieth century. Michael Barham, Dean, Human and Life Sciences, Roehampton University.

Everything of Nigel Gray’s I have read is humane, wise and linguistically melodic - Kurt Vonnegut

Nigel Gray is a writer of great force and real moral power - Malcolm Bradbury

Nigel Gray writes with the compassion of a saint and the practicality of a plumber - Edward Bond

Nigel Gray is an authentic and rare writer - John Berger

Mr Gray has a rare talent - 
The Sunday Tribune

Mr Gray is a writer of exceptional power - Encounter

Nigel Gray is a serious and enduring writer, who deserves celebrity status for his substantial and fine output - 
Professor R S White, UWA

We need writers like Nigel Gray - 
The Weekend Australian

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