The affirmation we need
However brilliant we think a book is, it’s always a pleasure and a relief to find that we’re not alone in our enthusiasm. So, when we published Helon Habila’s Oil on Water earlier this month, we were delighted to hear words such as ‘masterly’, ‘terrific’ and ‘illuminating’ being bandied about in the press (in these cases, in the Independent, The Sunday Times and The Times respectively). They’re the kind of adjectives that warm our editorial hearts.