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What the critics say

This genre-busting curiosity is already a hit in the US . . . Watership Down with car chases.
- Telegraph

Utterly believable...Amberville is a lot of fun, the most enjoyable existentialist novel about soft toys published this year.
- Financial Times

True identities constantly shift in this world -- lovers might be enemies, priests can be evil, and stuffed animals, given the depth and intellect that Davys gives them, may as well be human
- Chicago Sun-Times

Oddly gripping and convincing ... Skip that evening Scotch and read this one stone-cold sober -- it's plenty trippy as is
- Washington Post

A delightful mystery-thriller set in a city populated by stuffed animals...dastardly fun to read
- San Francisco Chronicle

In this off-beat debut, Davys marries film-noir-slick with teddy-bear-sweet to create a cutthroat world peopled with stuffed animals. Like Who Killed Roger Rabbit's evil cousin, this gangster story is replete with stakeouts, break-is, threats, coercion and double dealing....With its engaging characters, refreshing perspective and action-packed plot, AMBERVILLE is poised to become one of the must-read books of the year
- Winnipeg Free Press

AMBERVILLE is a firm right hook to the brain, the kind that makes you realize you didn't even know what you were missing out on 'til now. Hardboiled teddy bears, voluptuous rats, pious penguins and exploding fowl populate a world that's violent, tender, hilarious, and downright sickening. Really, what could be better?
- Eric Garcia

These are stuffed animals like you've never seen: deep, dark, and, somehow, utterly believable. Lucky us--a mystery that's completely original
- Brad Meltzer