"Propulsive. . . . Free-flowing. . . . Using a wild road race, [Carey has] found a journey into Australia's broken past." --The New York Times Book Review

"A rambunctious adventure story [transforms] into a potent exploration of racial identity." --The New Yorker

"A funny, humane, and enchanting book that is among his finest." --The New York Review of Books

"A profound and poignant story." --The Washington Post

"Highly entertaining. . . . Carey demonstrates an extraordinary ear for language." --The Christian Science Monitor

"Complex and powerful. . . . His best novel in years, maybe decades." --The Guardian

"Carey's eye for zestful storytelling is as sharp as ever --as is his ventriloquist's ear. . . . Not since True History of the Kelly Gang has he seemed so on-song." --Financial Times

"A rollicking adventure [that] leads to a startling exchange of worlds. Bigotries are confronted. Hidden histories are revealed. . . . A Long Way from Home is a frolic with depth, a flight of fancy with tough resonance." --The Seattle Times

"A major work and an exciting one. . . . Deep and affecting." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Evocative and exciting . . . Rip-roaring colour and action . . . this is the first time he's directly dealt with Aboriginal history, and A Long Way From Home is all the more powerful for it."
--The Independent (London)

"An ebullient comic caper. . . . Intensely engaging. . . . [A] high-octane novel." --The Sunday Times (London)

"Remarkable. . . . Strange, tender, always somehow comical . . . A wild, strange, magical ride of a book." --The Telegraph (London)

"We barrel along anarchically, marvelling at the elegance of Carey's plotting and the explosive joy of the storytelling. . . . A moving meditation on multiple forms of paternal failure and the culture of racism that have shaped modern Australia." --The Spectator (London)

"Intriguing. . . . Compelling. . . . Surely fiction's role is to provide both writer and reader with the kind of empathy only accessible via an imagination as generous and serious as that of a writer such as Peter Carey." --The New Statesman

"Breaks new ground. . . . There is a sense of venturing into virgin territory, of a country opening up, of a reckoning, of long overdue discovery." --Herald Scotland

"A Long Way from Home is a novel full of riches. The road race propels the plot along, but it's really a book about cultural identity, about family, about the ability to empathise with others. As such, it's hugely relevant for our times." --Irish Times