"[The Real Thing] showcases the uncompromising realism that first won Doris Lessing fame...A real treat for Lessing fans." — Wendy Smith, Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A rich portrait of contemporary London...As always, Lessing expertly deciphers the complex relationships that characterize modern life." — New York Times Book Review
"Doris Lessing has a powerful voice and a particular one. It speaks in anger at the distortion of personal relations ion a unsound society, but speaks it with a wit that manages to be both pitiless and compassionate." — Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times
"The most accessible and lyrical of [Doris Lessing's] books, it registers the pulse of a modern metropolis." — Robert Taylor, Boston Globe