The Clasp (Hardback)

"[Crosley's] prose is the literary equivalent of a light-as-air souffle, made from recipes by Candace Bushnell and a young Donna Tartt...consistently witty...a real comic talent" * Independent on Sunday *
"[Crosley's] prose is the literary equivalent of a light-as-air souffle, made from recipes by Candace Bushnell and a young Donna Tartt...consistently witty...a real comic talent" * Independent on Sunday *
"Seriously impressive...as smart as it is funny" * Glamour *
"An entertaining homage to Maupassant...There is barely a page of the novel that doesn't glitter with some nugget of wit or wisdom" * Guardian *
"A thing of pure joy...The Clasp is an absolute delight" * Stylist *
"A shrewd exploration of the modern-day late-quarter-life crisis...her signature wit is sharp as ever here. [Crosley] is startlingly good at portraying comically awful characters who would seem cartoonish if they weren't also so recognizable...Crosley is an incisive observer of human nature in general and of a generation in particular - people circling the age of 30 who foster undue fondness for the retro culture of their youth...For all its humor, Crosley's prose is equally sharp in delineating her character's despair...in this highly comic, highly affecting novel" * The New York Times *
"Crosley's debut novel showcases much of the same razor-sharp wit as her New York Times bestselling essay collections...she nails it" * The Independent *
"What results is a novel with more verve and imagination than much of the plot-light fare that typically gets the high-literary treatment, a story that shares at least some DNA with ambitious capers like Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch and Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Crosley, who made her name as a high-profile book publicist, and then as an essayist, chronicling her humorous escapades in the city first for the Village Voice and then in two best-selling collections (2008's I Was Told There'd Be Cake and 2010's How Did You Get This Number), brings both sets of skills to bear on The Clasp. Fans of her essays will be pleased to find that she's just as funny and tenderly deprecating with her fictional characters as she is with herself" * Vogue US *
"A smart, witty read with a lot of heart" * Red *
"Brilliant writing and astutely drawn characters...I couldn't put it down" * Grazia *
"Sharp and funny" * Good Housekeeping *
"to describe [The Clasp] as a list of its parts does this intelligent, charming book a disservice. Its fast-paced, eventful plot is layered over a warm and insightful look at the intricacies of adult friendship" * The Bookseller *