Besieged
Art that burrows into troubling territory even as it glides by like a dream.  --Village VoiceLasdun surprises us again and again, by painting in the details of his characters' lives with such authority and imagination...  --The New York Times,Michiko KakutaniWhen we read [Lasdun] we know what language is for again, we know again what a story does, how it performs, with a refreshing novelty.  --James Wood,The Guardian