'A book club classic... There is humour, history, love and loss.'The times 'A brilliantly realised epic of one family 's journey to the heart of darkness.'Independent 'An updated, dysfunctional version of Louisa May Alcott's Little Woman... it pours forth ideas about good and evil, civilization and savagery, and the unlikely nature of redemption. 'Sunday Times 'Funny, terrifying and heartbreaking.'Mail on Sunday