「班傑明‧羅成功地同時做到了荒唐、搞笑和令人心碎。每一句話都像能量爆炸的火球一樣嘶嘶作響。」——Alice Pung
「一幅生動、繽紛的彩色家庭肖像。不可能不讓自己隨波逐流,在書的結尾處充滿啟發、感動和激動的笑聲。」——瑪麗克·哈迪
「古怪、聰明、優美且引起共鳴。文筆犀利,觀察精彩,充滿真實性,令人信服。」——週六時代
「非常有趣……你有時可能會發現自己幾乎大笑出聲。」——《月刊》
「班傑明‧羅是一位才華橫溢、熱情洋溢的作家,他將看似天真無邪的喜劇演員的妙語與高操的寫作技巧結合在一起。」 ——《雪梨先驅晨報》
「既奇怪又充滿特色,是一個非常值得了解的澳洲家庭。」—The Enthusiast
「精彩。 每個人都應該跑到最近的書店買一本。」 ——誹謗者
「讀起來令人上癮。」 ——《信使郵報》
Advance praise:
‘With these dazzling stories, Benjamin Law manages to be scatological, hilarious and heartbreaking all at the same time. Every sentence fizzes like an exploding fireball of energy.’---Alice Pung (在這些看似令人眼花繚亂的故事中,班傑明同時扮演著一個低俗、歡樂、惹人心碎的角色。字字句句讓讀者們充滿了無限遐想。--- Alice Pung)
’Benjamin Law manages to be scatagogical, hilarious and heartbreaking all at the same time. Every sentence fizzes like an exploding fireball of energy.’—Alice Pung
’A vivid, gorgeously garish, Technicolour portrait of a family. It’s impossible not to let oneself go along for the ride and emerge at the book’s end enlightened, touched, thrilling with laughter.’—Marieke Hardy
’The eccentric, clever and beautifully resonant The Family Law. It’s sharply written, brilliantly observed and infused with an authenticity that makes it compelling.’ —Saturday Age
’Very funny...you may find yourself at times almost barking with laughter’ —The Monthly
’Law is a writer of great wit and warmth who combines apparently artless and effortless comedian’s patter with a high level of technical skill.’ —Sydney Morning Herald
’Simultaneously weird and instantly recognisable, the Laws are an Australian family it’s well worth getting to know’ —The Enthusiast
’Wonderful. Everyone should run to their nearest bookshop and buy a copy.’ —Defamer
’An addictive read.’ —Courier-Mail