Utterly agonisingly compulsive ... a masterpiece Liz Jensen GuardianFollowing one womans journey from a troubled girlhood in workingclass Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms The Copenhagen Trilogy is a searingly honest utterly immersive portrayal of love friendship art ambition and the terrible lure of addiction from one of Denmarks most celebrated twentiethcentury writers.Sharp tough and tender ... wrenching sadness and pitchblack comedy ... Ditlevsen can pivot from hilarity to heartbreak in a trice Boyd Tonkin SpectatorAstonishing honest entirely revealing and in the end devastating. Ditlevsens trilogy is remarkable not only for its honesty and lyricism these are books that journey deep into the darkest reaches of human experience and return fatally wounded but still eloquent ObserverThe best books I have read this year. These volumes slip in like a stiletto and do their work once inside. Thrilling New Statesman