End of the World Blues - reviews

'A hallucinogenic noir thriller that mixes elements of Bladerunner, Borges and Bulgakov... Highly readable entertainment, and highly intelligent speculation (especially if you like talking cats).' The Telegraph

'A new novel by Jon Courtenay Grimwood is always an event... This is a smart book, tricky, well plotted, and almost addictively readable.' The Times

'If Iain Banks mixed up his latest manuscript with a few chapters from his latest Iain M Banks, the result would be something like this... A tautly-told crime thriller dripping with atmosphere and fascinating characters.' BBC Focus

'Grimwood has a real gift for emotional extremes and how it feels to be threatened with the worst things you can imagine. End of the World Blues is the same sort of book as his last, 9Tail Fox - but only in the sense that they are more like each other than like anything else.' Time Out

'Crystal-clear storytelling... End of the World Blues is Grimwood's best novel by far.' Paul Kincaid, SF Site

'If you've liked anything by Grimwood, you'll love this. If you haven't, begin at once: if he gets any better, someone will drive an ivory spike through his head.' Daily Telegraph

'An exotic brew of mythical far-future landscapes, noir and narratives... His best novel to date.' SFX

'Read it, beginning to end. There are no short cuts, only one word to follow another, one world to follow another until there are no more words or worlds but that of this immersive, inventive novel.' Interzone

'The stunning new novel from the critically acclaimed master of literary SF...' Amazon

'Tokyo is a metaphor for rivalry, redemption and dislocation... It certainly hits the spot.' Edge

Grimwood writes with authority on Japan and evocatively recreates London and the differences in culture... A contemporary thriller littered with dark humour and superb characters.' Dreamwatch

'The crime drama and the characterization of ageing gnagsters going respectable, and aging coppers bending the rules is gripping...' Starburst

'End of the World Blues has made it comfortably onto my top ten SF novels of the year. It may well end up on my Hugo list...' Emerald City

'Grimwood is the kind of guy who just does his thing, does it well and then does another thing... Best to point in their general direction and say, Great books. By him, that guy.' Trashotron

'This is a novel about karma, about how, despite our best intentions (and sometimes because of our worse ones), we hurt the ones we love...' Strange Horizons