"Once again, Swift has demonstrated wizardry in his ability to conjure magic out of ordinary lives." --NPR

"A novel fueled by, and consequently alive with, creative brilliance and emotional intensity." --Minneapolis Star Tribune

"A magical piece of writing: the work of a novelist on scintillating form." --The Guardian

"Beautiful. . . . Neither trick nor illusion, but a flash of truth." --The Wall Street Journal

"Swift captures the tragicomedy of life." --The Washington Post

"Swift's closing account of a mundane world momentarily pierced by a shaft of numinous mystery is magnificent." --The New York Times Book Review

"One more brilliant example of [Swift's] talent for pulling universal themes out of the hats of ordinary lives." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Beautiful, gentle, intricate. . . . Here We Are smuggles within the pages of a seemingly commonplace tale depths of emotion and narrative complexity that take the breath away." --The Observer (London)

"There's nothing extravagant or showy about Here We Are. . . . The book's power comes precisely from the fact that it performs its magic in front of your eyes, leaving nowhere to hide. . . . You wonder how [Swift] does it." --Financial Times

"A marvellous tale of post-war love and magic." --The Daily Telegraph

"With a wizardry of his own, Swift conjures up an about-to-disappear little world and turns it into something of wider resonance." --The Sunday Times (London)

"It is perhaps too simple to say that Swift creates a form of fictional magic, but what he can do with a page is out of the ordinary, far beyond most mortals' ken." --The Herald (Scotland)