A Guide to Berlin (Paperback)

Brimming with rich descriptions… The dark, haunted cityscape of Berlin’s winter is beautifully captured… Jones explores her power as a writer, finding fresh and illuminating ways to describe things… A powerful exploration of biography, memory and meaning. - Daily Telegraph

Jones’ sensitivity to the vibrancy of things demonstrates a Nabokovian vividness. - Sam Kitchener, Independent

A thoughtful study of the machinations of memory. - Lucy Scholes, Observer

An ode to detail… A meditation on memory, travel and grief, on self-fashioning and onliterary friendship. - The Times Literary Supplement

I’ve always felt that Gail Jones is yet to receive the recognition she deserves. This is her sixthnovel and it is, I believe, a masterpiece. It is a beautifully constructed novel that builds slowlyto its horrific and violent conclusion - Mark Rubbo, Readings