Critical Reception
Mike Petty, writing in the UK Independent in 1993, praised the novel, saying that Robinson..picks his way surefootedly through the quagmire of moral complications without ever resorting either to handwringing or to gung-ho posturing, and, most importantly, without devaluing bravery.
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