A Theatre for Dreamers (Paperback)

'Samson is an intensely sensual writer, conjuring up blue skies, the tang of wild herbs, the vivid splash of bougainvillea ... As good as a Greek holiday, and may be the closest we get this year' - The Financial Times

'As dreamily nostalgic as Cohen's song Famous Blue Raincoat' - Alex Preston, The Observer

'Sleazy, evocative, beautiful and entertaining' - Stuart Turton, The Guardian

'A thoroughly enjoyable drama of hedonism, enchantment and emotional beastliness' - The Times Literary Supplement

'A coming of age story set among a group of artists and poets, including Leonard Cohen, on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960. She is so good at mentally indelible imagery' - Jojo Moyes, The Guardian

'This well-crafted novel beautifully captures the texture of a halcyon age in which anything seems possible' - The Mail on Sunday

'It is a grand read and the prose falls translucently like the air ... Superb work and a delightful novel' - Thomas Keneally

'I was utterly entranced. It feels entirely true and effortless and compelling - in the way that all great novels do' - Justine Picardie

'If summer was suddenly like a novel, it would be like this one. Immaculate' - Andrew O'Hagan