"the prose is rich, precise, disciplined and meticulously detailed; the many characters are so vividly rendered that none appears two-dimensional; each experiences and processes reality in a way that feels distinct and unmistakably individual; and the pacing of events feels perfectly judged. Although the novel is threaded with philosophical reflections on goodness and love, these never feel laboured or artificially imposed. Rather, they emerge naturally as an integral part of the novel's dense and intricate tapestry."
"John Fuller's Marston Meadows opens with the immaculate corona of sonnets that inspired Ian McEwan's new novel What We Can Know, but these give only a foretaste of a collection that ranges, with amazing wit, agility and deep feeling, through the changing perspectives of old age (Fuller is 89). To my mind, the most moving and luminous of all his books."
A penultimate novel offers rich, precise, disciplined prose and meticulous detail, with many vividly rendered characters whose distinct perceptions make them unmistakably individual. The pacing of events is perfectly judged. Philosophical reflections on goodness and love are woven into the narrative and emerge naturally rather than feeling laboured. A contemporary poetry collection opens with an immaculate corona of sonnets but extends into a wider range of wit, agility and deep feeling that tracks changing perspectives of old age. A major poems volume, superbly edited, contains previously uncollected and unseen poems that stand beside the literary landmarks of their time, creating fresh discoveries alongside familiar work.
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