"A standalone masterpiece" Chair of Judges, CILIP Carnegie Medal
"Heart-rending but perfectly pitched life-affirming" The Guardian
""Funny, scatological, terrifying, heartwarming and heartbreaking" Sunday Times
As taut as Steinbecks Of Mice and Men, Lark rings with truth, humour, humanity and pathos New Statesman
Heartrending but perfectly pitched The Observer
As ever, McGowans understanding of masculine youth its brashness and unexpected tenderness is evident, and there is a quiet worldliness underpinning the whole Literary Review