Warlight (Ondaatje) - Book Reviews

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(Starred review.) [H]aunting, brilliant.… Mesmerizing from the first sentence, rife with poignant insights and satisfying subplots, this novel about secrets and loss may be Ondaatje's best work yet.
Publishers Weekly


Through archival recordings and interviews with the eccentric characters from his childhood, a mosaic slowly emerges that illuminates not only his mother's story but the forgotten lives buried under the history of war. —Joshua Finnell, Colgate Univ., Hamilton, NY
Library Journal


(Starred review.) Ondaatje’s gorgeous, spellbinding prose is precise and lustrous, witty, and tender.… [His] drolly charming, stealthily sorrowful tale casts subtle light on secret skirmishes and wounds sustained as war is slowly forged into peace.
Booklist


(Starred review.) [A] lyrical mystery that plays out in the shadow of World War II.… Ondaatje's shrewd character study plays out in a smart, sophisticated drama, one worth the long wait for fans of wartime intrigue.
Kirkus Reviews