The Fruit Palace

"Evokes that vague, sleepy enchantment which comes from dreaming of 'somewhere else'... There are echoes of Chandler, of Burroughs, of Baudelaire and even of Eliot" Sunday Times "Mr Nicholl proves himself an addictive storyteller-A delicious addition to the library of the Briton out of his depth abroad" Daily Telegraph "One of the most absorbing travel books I have read... No book I know gives a more perceptive glimpse of the life of the urban poor who are the majority of South Americans. A brilliant book, informative, well-written and fun to read" New York Times Book Review "A considerable delight - funny, acute and remarkably evocative" Time Out "Irresistible. His story is so good that at times it reads like an unusually well-written thriller, then suddenly it turns into lyrical, highly-descriptive travel writing" Irish Times