Reviews
What critics are saying about Love Among the Ruins and Harry's Last Stand
His straight-from-the-heart delivery makes these events seem as clear and immediate as if they happened yesterday
Morning Star
A deep love of humanity is what animates Smith. He is a hero of our times.
Newsweek
The writing is beautiful and honest. The story is genuinely life-affirming.
Dipolmat
A kind of epic poem, one that moves in circular fashion from passionate denunciation to intense autobiographical reflection ... should be required reading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil servant and commentator. The fury and sense of powerlessness that so many people feel at government policy beam out of every page.
Melissa Benn, Guardian
Smith's unwavering will to turn things around makes for inspirational reading.
Big Issue North
Mr Smith's is a rousing, earthy writing that's part Tony Harrison, part
Dennis Skinner NudgeMeNow.com
This hymn of wrath against the toxic nexus of money and power in austerity UK from a Bradford pauper's son, excommunicated from the Catholic church for marrying an "enemy" woman in post-war Germany, is a compelling life-verdict.
Paul Routledge, The Tablet
