‘A fine, darkly authoritative novel’
Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland

‘The most exciting first novel I have read in many years’
Anne Enright

‘A remarkable first novel: edgy, angry and utterly individual’
Christopher Hope

‘..with its intensely evocative language and atmosphere of looming
tragedy, “Not Untrue and Not Unkind” is a book that far transcends the usual
literary efforts of the former combat reporter’
New York Times

‘A graceful writer … You can almost smell the sweated alcohol and overhear that mixture of cheerful camaraderie and late-night braggadocio from terrace bars in the cities of half-remembered conflicts’
Guardian

‘O’Loughlin …. writes fiction with a stoic lyricism’
Megan O’Grady, literary critic American Vogue

‘A simply brilliant debut by an author of great poise and power’
Tim Butcher, author of Blood River

‘A page-turning novel … a gripping picture’
Daily Mail

‘Superb’
The Times

‘Rings with a rare authenticity … The prose is muscular and delicate, the mark of a writer who knows his own strength and is sure of his aim. … One of the most powerful debut Irish novels of the last decade’
Sunday Business Post

‘Leaves a deep impression’
Metro

‘Passionate, colourful … Love story and tragedy, mystery and professional satire (à la Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop) all rolled into one’
Giles Foden, Irish Times

‘This finely written book will make you doubt any foreign correspondent feature you ever read again’
Sunday Tribune

‘A graceful writer’
Guardian

Full reviews:
Books: Ten Summer Must-Reads
Reviewed by Megan O’Grady
(American Vogue, Monday 24 May 2010)

Into Africa: Memories of bloodshed and newsroom treachery haunt this novel
Reviewed by Joshua Hammer
(The New York Times, Sunday Book Review, Sunday 6 June 2010)

Bigfoot and the Frogs of war
Duncan Campbell enjoys a worthy successor to The Quiet American
(The Guardian, Saturday 20 June 2009)

Working in the Dark
Reviewed by Carol Taaffe
(Dublin Review of Books, Sunday 07 June 2009)

Not Untrue and Not Unkind Mail on Sunday Review
Reviewed by Clare Colvin
(Mail on Sunday, Friday 10 April 2009)

Not Untrue & Not Unkind leaves an impression
Reviewed by Jonathan Eyers
(Metro, Tuesday 31 March 2009)

Faithfulness in a war zone
Reviewed by Giles Foden
(The Irish Times, Sunday 28 March 2009)

Letter from Zaire
Reviewed by Padraig Kenny
(The Sunday Tribune, Tuesday 22 March 2009)

Powerful debut born out of African experience
Reviewed by Declan Burke
(The Sunday Business Post, Sunday 20 March 2009)

Not Untrue & Not Unkind FT review
Reviewed by Michael Holman
(The Financial Times, Tuesday April 14 2009)

Not Untrue and Not Unkind Telegraph Review
Reviewed by Sameer Rahim
(The Telegraph, Tuesday 25 Aug 2009)