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'I couldn't put Elliott's debut novel down. It's fantastic ... An entertaining mixture of Palahnuik and David Lynch.'
- Independent on Sunday
'This is a first novel of real promise. At his best, Elliott writes with a power commensurate with the originality of his vision. It is not just that he has unusually nasty visions to put on the page, but he has the ability to make us share them.'
- Times Literary Supplement.
'One highly enjoyable read, especiall for all you out there who delight in the nightmarishly macabre.'
- Buzz
'Elliott's prose is sharp and engaging ... this intriguing book mixes fantasy with psychological horror to squirming effect.'
- The List
'This inventive, scary and darkly humorous novel has a dash of Stephen King and a hint of Lovecraft but it is really sui generis. It may be a true one-off but that doesn't stop me wanting more.'
- Observer
'An astonishing book which combines vicious slapstick and relentless black comedy with a breath-takingly vivid, visual style ... a riotous gore-fest which is immensely entertaining, often hilarious and contains not a little pathos. Completely unforgettable.'
- Tangled Web
'The Pilo Family Circus is an excellently coherent act of imagination. It's funny, violent and full of bizarre characters ... The plot is full of wonderful grotesqueries and unfolds at a cracking pace.'
- The Sydney Morning Herald
"A bad dream with a funnybone, a nightmare broken by laughter. Lookout - here comes Will Elliott."
- Malcolm Knox,
Judge of ABC Fiction Award 2006
"The Pilo Family Circus plunges the reader full-pelt into a world of comic-book violence that is underpinned by a more sinister and ancient evil."
- Delia Falconer,
Judge of ABC Fiction Award 2006