Summer

A n astonishing finale to a prescient series . . . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal Quartet

A n astonishing finale to a prescient series . . . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal Quartet

The first great coronavirus novel - a book to savour, a literary tour de force that captures the nation's psyche exquisitely

This singular writer has found her moment

A maestra's portrait of her age. . . remarkable

Few writers today can make a more compelling claim to singularity of innovation and sustained brilliance

The bravura performance of a writer , poised at the edge of the day's vast darkness, gathering all the warmth and light of our inner summer

Smith bring[s] this brilliant quartet to a satisfying close

The final flourish of a mazy and beautiful quartet

Sublime

Brilliant

Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of several novels and short story collections including, The Accidental , Hotel World , How to Be Both and the Seasonal Quartet. She has been four times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has won the Goldsmiths Prize, Orwell Prize, Costa Best Novel Award and the Women’s Prize. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge.