Audio-review of The White King in Radio New Zeland
Louise O'Brien reviewed the book in a show called Nine to Noon Books on Radio New Zeland. She likes a book quite a bit. You can listen to her here.
Reviews in Marie Claire and The Sun
Tannaz Allaway in the Marie Claire about The White King: Through a sequence of vaguely connected episodes of boyhood, Dragoman’s award-winning second novel (and his first to be published in English) blends humour, innocence and terror…
A Brutal Boyhood – The White King reviwed in The Glasgow Herald
James Proteus in The Glasgow Herald calls the book a "darkly fascinating examination of the contrast between childhood innocence and a totalitarian regime. " The review is not online, but here is a longer quote: The novel is constructed in short chapters that operate as self-contained…
Interview for The Word on BBC World Service
I talked to Harriett Gilbert about The White King in London, for the BBC World Service book programme, The Word. It aired yesterday, (February 5. 2008) and is can be…
Reviews of The White King in The Independent and The Financial Times
In The Independent Paul Bailey calls The White King "a chilling novel" and "a most impressive debut". The full text is here. A brief review of the book in The…