Submergence - Hardcover

"An ambitious narrative that is stark, serene and contemplative...There is no disputing that Ledgard is an elegant, determinedly intellectual and disciplined writer, yet there is also immense humanity in this novel, which deserves to be one of the strongest challengers for this years' Man Booker Prize. It is the kind of novel that wins awards, and if it does so it will be because it deserves it...Here is an artist's novel that achieves the ultimate goal of any writer: it makes us pause and think, and think again." (Irish Times)

"JM Ledgard's eclectic and philosophical novel ranges far wider than this latest manifestation of the `war on terror'... Ledgard creates a prose poem of ideas and images that hops and flits with inspiration." (Metro)

"Submergence succeeds, and is immensely pleasurable, because Ledgard's magnetic north - though incessantly insisted on - is such an uncanny, inhuman and deathly place." (New Statesman)

"Submergence is frequently beautifully written, and ensnares the reader in a forceful, hard-driving narrative...If there's any justice in the world this novel will at least be nominated for a major literary award." (The Scotsman)

"It's the only fiction I've read in the last few years that has left me open-mouthed." (Word Magazine)