'Enthralling from beginning to end, In the Land of Giants is an inspired telling of an uncommon story.' -- West Australian 'A fascinating and excellent book. A merge of travel literature, investigation reportage, a mere document, and high literature.' --Agustín Fernández Mallo, El Cultural (El Mundo) 'Martinez ably conjures the scent of juniper, the taste of black, salty tea and the sight of a 40-donkey convoy heading to Panjsh.' -- Spectator 'A murder mystery more intriguing than anything you could make up.' Sunday Territorian 'A dark and hypnotic book . which leads us to the most remote and sinister side of the human soul.' -- El Pais 'If there was one story I would like to take to the big screen it would be this wonderful book by Gabi Martínez.

' --Agustí Villaronga, film director 'A book that caught me from beginning to end, in which many genres are combined. It is a classic book of adventures, but it is also the biography of a character that has fascinated me, a kind of Lawrence of Arabia with many contrasts. As the plot sets out with a murder, one could also say it is at the same time a noir novel in which the reader will look for traces that will lead him to discover the mystery.' --John Carlin, author of Playing the Enemy and Rafa 'When reading this book, one gets gusts of the best of Kipling, and also of Chatwin, even of Robert Byron. It's the story of an obsessive trip, of a murder, of several love affairs, of a journey, of an adventurer who got lost forever, of the danger latent in trying to uncover an elusive truth and a truth only meaningful for he who wants it told (and then also, of course, for the fortunate reader). Fascinating from start to finish, In the Land of Giants is the kind of incredible story only an excess of reality can provide.' --Javier Marías.