Reviews by Book
14 August 2009
Penguin Reissues '60s Classic
The BookSeller
08 January 2010
Once more, with mixed (and prickly) feelings
Globe and Mail
Four decades after Stephen Vizinczey fled Budapest for Toronto, and drew lineups at Eaton's for his racy novel, In Praise of Older Women, he talks to Elizabeth Renzetti about seeing his book finally make it back into print.....
26th February 2010
Radio 4 today programme Interview
Hosted by Sarah Montague
In Praise of Older Women caused a sensation when it was first published in 1965. Stephen Vizinczey's novel was so racy that publishers refused to touch it and he had to publish it himself. It hit the bestseller lists within a year and has been in and out of them ever since. The author spoke to Sarah Montague about older women and whether they still appeal to the considerably older author.
3rd March 2010
A lover's guide to older women
The Independent
Article by John Walsh
4th March 2010
In Praise of Older Women
John Self's Shelves
By John Self
Here is further proof that the books which tend to delight me most are not new titles but reissued editions of lesser-spotted works. As with Emanuel Litvinoff’s Journey Through a Small Planet, here we have a skinny book with a funny name, a title I didn’t know by an author I’d never heard of, which turns out to be just wonderful....
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