TIMES:
"We do not wish it any shorter, for it is almost wholly delightful in itself."
STANDARD:
"In his pages there is not one which even a reviewer could wish to skip.... The architecture of the book is superb."
DAILY EXPRESS:
"'Sinister Street' is a fine novel, an achievement far removed from the average easy banality."
MANCHESTER GUARDIAN:
"As difficult a task as fiction could undertake; but Mr. Mackenzie's tact and insight and comprehension have brought him through with brilliant success.... Something we would not willingly have missed."
MARTIN SECKER, NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET, ADELPHI