Date of Review:

Published Work:

The Icarus Girl

Reviewer:

Ali Smith

Source:

The Guardian (UK)

Review Excerpt:

"Oyeyemi's childish, almost embarrassingly open prose style, plus her narrative assurance, produces a peculiarly matter-of-fact kind of hysteria, and this strange, grief-charged narrative remains believable because of the directness of its voice."

Link to Full Review:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1395001,00.html