' 'Buckley's fiction is subtle and fastidiously low-key . every apparently loose thread, when tugged, reveals itself to be woven into the themes [and] gets better the more you allow it to settle in your mind.' - Michel Faber, Guardian ' - ' 'Few writers manage to conjure such raw unease as Jonathan Buckley . completely compelling.' - Adrian Turpin, Financial Times ' - ' 'Exactly why Buckley is not already revered and renowned as a novelist in the great European tradition remains a mystery that will perhaps only be addressed at that final godly hour when all the overlooked authors working in odd and antique modes will receive their just rewards.' - Ian Sansom, Times Literary Supplement ' - ' 'Why isn't Jonathan Buckley better known? His novel of love, death and melancholy comedy, The Great Concert of the Night, is captivating.' - John Banville ' - '' - '' -.