'Gripping, eerie and poignant, a love story of music, storytelling and a secret past with a dark twist that brings redemption. Elegant and lyrical, this is a really beautiful novel.'
- Simon Sebag Montefiore
'In this subtle and affecting novel, where damaged people are linked by music, fractured memory and a kind of magic, Neil Jordan delivers the exactness of observation and economical punch which has always characterised his fiction.'
- Roy Foster
'Magical and compelling from beginning to end... a fairy tale for our times.'
- Patrick McCabe
'This is a marvellous novel - literally, for it is filled with marvels. Neil Jordan is best known these days as a film-maker, but as The Well of Saint Nobody vigorously attests, he has lost none of his skills, of his magical skills, as a novelist.'
- John Banville, The Observer
'The Well of Saint Nobody is a gentle, compassionate exploration of love and loneliness in later life.'
- Business Post
'[An] eloquent and moving story, tinged with nostalgia, the author confirms his status as a visionary of both page and screen. Highly recommended'
- The Lady
'A virtuoso performance'
- Saga Magazine
'The historical research is evident [and] as with his previous novels, Jordan creates an evocative sense of time and place... Although the book is an odyssey, tracking thousands of miles across the globe, the pace is leisurely'
- The Times
'Jordan is a writer of uncommon talent, particularly around pacing and visual description'
- Irish Times
'An expertly spun ballad defined by themes of belonging, illusion and, fundamentally, fidelity'
- RTÉ Culture