The Gate of Angels

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“Vibrant with wonderful characters, ablaze with ideas.”

“[A] love story and a novel of ideas…a blend of the hilarious, the out-of-kilter, and the intellectually and emotionally provocative…[Fitzgerald’s] characters, as ever, are originals, and even the minor players are memorable.”

“Gilbert could have written this and Sullivan set it to music. It shows an Edwardian university at Cambridge at its eccentric best. There are so many characters that are a delight…Fitzgerald is the only author I know of who regularly gets reviews pleading her to write longer books.”

“Contains more wit, intelligence and feeling than many novels three times its length. It confirms Fitzgerald’s place as one of the finest and most entertaining novelists writing in England today.”

“This is an achievement—a metaphysical novel which is entertaining, brief, and a love story. The book’s shortness and sparseness, combined with the complexity of its concerns, is a miracle of technique.”

“Fitzgerald displays a grace and wit that put her on equal footing with such better-known peers as Muriel Spark…Fitzgerald’s writing has a depth, resonance and delicacy that create a sense of genuine comedy rather than of farce.”

“Nadia May winks her way through this presentation with true storyteller’s aplomb.”

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