'Eerie and moving... Quinn is a haunting fable about redemption, rendered in otherworldly, poetic prose.'

– FT

'Quite remarkable. It has one of the rarest qualities in contemporary writing, in that it is a work of genuine depth... Strang is an exceptionally accomplished writer, and I very much hope this is just the first book by her that I read.'

– The Scotsman

'A fascinating fever dream of a book... What a novelistic debut from Em Strang.'

– AL Kennedy, author of We Are Attempting to Survive Our Time

'Reads like a fever dream... Delicate and touching... This devastating story [is] one of redemption too.'

– New Statesman

'I read it at a sitting, compelled by this strange and beautiful work... An astonishing feat of imagination.'

– Gwen Adshead, author of The Devil You Know

'Em Strang's is a true voice, and Quinn is that rarity, an original work of fiction, which excavates trauma and memory and refuses the frameworks placed on it. This book is its own landscape. Strange and powerful.'

– Paul Kingsnorth, author of The Wake, winner of the Gordon Burn Prize

'Such graceful prose with not a wasted breath; such grounded sharing from the magma of experience.'

– Alastair McIntosh, author of Soil and Soul

'A beautifully constructed and mesmerizing book that makes you think afresh about the enduring residue of pain both for those who have committed acts of violence and those affected by them. A brave and original attempt to answer our culture of dehumanization with a story that rehumanizes at every level.'

– Marina Cantacuzino, author of The Forgiveness Project

‘That Em Strang is a poet comes as no surprise. She packs the text with natural imagery and quirky linguistic choices… The novel is compelling and original.’

– Literary Review

'At its best, [Quinn] has a Max Porter-like intensity.'

– Daily Mail