»Like this figure its creator Charles Lewinsky is a storytelling machine who proves his versatility in his new novel Halfbeard.«

»The art of storytelling is critically examined and rapturously appreciated. That is both a celebration and a joy.«

»But he also tells touching, moving events, he portrays highly differentiated characters with inner lives that cannot be fully unearthed.«

»Above all Lewinsky reveals the power stories possess and what terrible realities can come out of them.«

»The lines between fiction and reality blur. This is what good literature is.«

»Exciting, funny and drastic, distressing and sensitive – and saturated with a melancholy faith in reason.«

»Lewinsky is in top form with his narrative exuberance.«

»Charles Lewinsky knows how to make history into a compelling story.«

»That such a book is in the best sense of the word a page-turner, which one can hardly put down, proves the proficiency of the author.«

»The richness and depth of Lewinsky’s narrative guarantee its appeal to a broad readership.«

 

»In Halfbeard, Charles Lewinsky hasn’t only written a rousing novel, but a political one too.«

»Lewinsky’s tome isn’t just an accomplished historical novel, but above all a humorous, ingenious and wonderful celebration of storytelling.«

»Just like Sebi can’t stop telling his story, nor can this reader pull themself away from it – and for the duration of almost 700 captivating pages.«

»A lesson in storytelling and historiography.«

»Charles Lewinsky is a great storyteller.«